daddyofthree

Just been told to stay away from WA because there will be a huge water shortage in the next 3 - 5 years - it could be very severe!!! Not sure if my mate is taking the piss but he says that most of the fresh water comes from a nearby lake but which is drying up rapidly. Perth will become a ghost town??

SNH

Doesn't sound any different from much of the rest of country. A few places - like Goulburn in New South Wales - were actually due to run out of water recently.

I wouldn't worry about that as much as the fact Perth is the most isolated city in the world!!

Loch Lomond

Let me know which lake that is, I thought Perth was supplied by several dams and a desalination plant. Tell your mate that the water shortage is here, his prediction is too late.

Dorothy

Lake Joondalup

LouiseR

let me guess, your mate watched "wanted down under" on BBC2 last night?

Rastis

Check this link out it should give you all the info you need. On the left hand side of the home page, there is a link to our dams and their current water levels.

http://www.watercorporation.com.au/index.cfm

Pollyana

Deja Vu......only the other side of the country...

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503861
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=441205

shaheen09

hi there, i saw it too on wanted down under, it was on yesterday evening.i got scared to, but come on how can perth be a ghost city???
i can't see that happening
good luck cos im going there too

bridie

get a grip - if you base all your life decisions on hearsay you'll go nowhere

loch lomond is right.

what lake?!

Hutch

Stay away from the Shoalhaven in NSW too - we've got too bloody much water.

renth

Never happen, we've got too much natural gas - to power as many desalination plants needed to keep us going. Couple this with people getting over the "yuk" factor of water recycling and Perth will be fine.

renth

I think they were referring to the Gnangara Mound:

"Gnangara Mound is an area north of Perth, Western Australia where a large mound of sandy soil reaches an elevation of about 60 metres. It stores about 20 cubic kilometres of fresh water, about one hundred times Perth's current annual water usage. It is currently the single most important source of potable water for Perth. However, studies have shown that water levels in the Gnangara Mound have fallen substantially in recent times, impacting nearby groundwater-dependent ecosystems such as wetlands and the Yanchep Caves, and causing acidification of the nearby Lakes Gnangara, Jandabup, Wilgarup and Mariginiup. The remaining mound springs of the Swan Coastal Plain depend on the aquifer and are susceptible to any dramatic change in hydrology. It is widely recognised that sustainability of the Mound as a water resource is under threat. Depletion has been blamed on a combination of climate change and excessive drawing of water."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnangara_Mound

Cheetah7

I recycle my water, I have a bath and save the water for Mr PP and then he has a bath, we both pee in the bath and then bath in the pee that is in the bath and when we are short of water, we take the pee/bath water and we boil it to cook pasta, then we drink the water afterwards to make tea.

Now how is that for recycling

bridie

thanks for that info renth - you learn something new every day!!

aston man

bu11shit...

i was at the weir sunday,i was talking to a ranger at its at its highest level for ages,he reckons its been a right good year,,

speaking to the aussies here,they reckon this year has been like it was when they were kids...

as for the future,mistic meg might be able to help..they cant tell the fluckin weather tomorrow ,i dont know about three years time..

i would be more worried about the sh1te radio stations...