Water Issues
Apr 17th 2007, 1:04 pm
#122
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Re: Water Issues
And he needs to hurry up it's bed time.
Apr 17th 2007, 1:06 pm
#123
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Re: Water Issues
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 17th 2007, 2:06 pm
#124
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Re: Water Issues
Apr 17th 2007, 2:20 pm
#125
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Re: Water Issues
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
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.
Apr 17th 2007, 2:28 pm
#126
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Re: Water Issues
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.
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.
*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
Apr 17th 2007, 2:31 pm
#127
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Re: Water Issues
From my experience in Aussie bars in the UK I suspect that this shouldn't be a problem for many of them!
Apr 17th 2007, 2:36 pm
#128
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Re: Water Issues
Very true. They have a lot of ex-pee-rience. 
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Apr 17th 2007, 2:39 pm
#129
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Apr 17th 2007, 4:22 pm
#130
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Re: Water Issues
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
*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
The main area being london from my limited knowledge. or am i talking shit
Apr 17th 2007, 4:27 pm
#131
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Re: Water Issues
No, no vox per anus there - we do recycle a lot, especially in the greater London area. Unfortunately the water companies pour most of it down the drain via leaky infrastructure...
Apr 17th 2007, 4:37 pm
#132
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Re: Water Issues
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.
Apr 17th 2007, 8:26 pm
#133
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Re: Water Issues
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.
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Apr 17th 2007, 8:29 pm
#134
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Re: Water Issues
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.
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.