Originally Posted by biggy (Post 4654876)

still waiting :)

Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 4654895)

You'll be waiting ages she's away with the fairies again, I blame Bachus:beer:
I think she meant CQLD it's so hard to decipher........ you know like SEQLD or FNQ:ohmy:

Originally Posted by biggy (Post 4654726)

IMO they should have done something months ago, target the high users...the councils know who they are..................some peeps dont give a shite then everybody has to pay.....they leave these restrictions tooo late. We are in CQLD and only on level 1....but I use the water very sparingly....we have timers in the showers and never leave a tap running....what pisses me off is people leaving there sprinklers running all night FFS its only grass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 4654895)

You'll be waiting ages she's away with the fairies again, I blame Bachus:beer:
I think she meant CQLD it's so hard to decipher........ you know like SEQLD or FNQ:ohmy:

Originally Posted by annqldau (Post 4654916)

He put CQLD first not me... and central QLD covers a bl@@dy big area so just checking where he meant...it's getting a bit 'chilly' in here me thinks.

Originally Posted by biggy (Post 4655244)

still dont know WTF u r on about.........its the They need to get their act together asap but should have been done years ago think they've always relied on a cyclone coming to save them. bit..........what a load of shite....a cyclone doesnae necessary mean rain fir starters.......and who would want a bloody cyclone to affect any area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! never mind one that needed rain

Originally Posted by louise4 (Post 4654167)

ok so, australia is basically now on water restrictions the whole time.

just what is the problem with having desalinated water.

Has there been a general no from the population or is it something the government don't want to fund to put it in place. let's face it, they are going to have to do something soon.

Originally Posted by Swerv-o (Post 4655391)

It costs much less to treat and recycle water, but the Aussies struggle with the concept, and think that they will end up drinking one aonothers pee.

S

Originally Posted by Jensen Healey (Post 4655418)

From my experience in Aussie bars in the UK I suspect that this shouldn't be a problem for many of them!

Originally Posted by Swerv-o (Post 4655391)

There are three problems with water desalination (if you discount the actual plant):

*Cost
*Energy requirements
*Waste materials

Desalination requires vast amounts of energy to work properly. It costs much less to treat and recycle water, but the Aussies struggle with the concept, and think that they will end up drinking one aonothers pee.

Good water collection and better management would also help in the short term.

I think that desalination is probably an inevitability in the long term, but until then, recycling and better management of existing resources is a good place to start...

S

Originally Posted by louise4 (Post 4655983)

Am i right in thinking that the uk recycle a lot of thier water?

The main area being london from my limited knowledge. or am i talking shit :o :rofl:

Originally Posted by GreenTea (Post 4656061)

Do people not realise that all water is recycled, caused by evaporation of sea water, this causes presure systems with clouds, the rain fails, you collect the rin, you pee the rain, the pee gets filtered out at the sewage plant, this then gets pumped into the sea. And the cycle continues.

Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 4655343)

To clarify:
The water boffins have been quoted recently in the media down here as saying that the only thing that can save us from the drought is heavy prolonged periods of cyclonic rain.
FWIW Tropical Cyclones by their very definition do bring rain, they are the meteorological term for a type of storm system characterized by a low pressure center and thunderstorms, producing strong wind and flooding rain.
No one is wishing the destruction that Larry brought just wanting the rain.

Originally Posted by annqldau (Post 4654916)

He put CQLD first not me... and central QLD covers a bl@@dy big area so just checking where he meant...it's getting a bit 'chilly' in here me thinks.