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The great water debacle : Comments

By Ian Mott, published 21/8/2006

Kneejerk fixes to temporary water shortages could leave Queenslanders with an expensive legacy in a declining water market.

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The size of the urban house is getting bigger thus bigger water catchment area for that water tank. The rains will come, and too much for some and your water prices will likely go up because councils will not be raking in as much dollars as earlier when consumption goes down.
Posted by bluffitamy, Tuesday, 22 August 2006 9:01:42 PM
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Thankyou Fluff, for your thoughtful contribution. We live in a very 'throw-away' society today it seems. No thought of anything outside our immediate needs or wants. I feel Australia has become a self-indulgent and ignorant nation.
Posted by tubley, Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:05:12 PM
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It was announced today that the Porters Creek Wetland Stormwater Harvesting project on the Central Coast of NSW will receive Australian Government funding of $2.6 million toward a $16 million investment. The project is intended to allow additional extractions of up to 5.4 gigalitres from the Wyong River for the region’s drinking water supply.

In March of this year, the Australian Government announced funding of $6.61 million from the Australian Government Water Fund towards the $37.76 million construction of a pipeline to enable water transfers between the Gosford-Wyong and Hunter regions.

The Prime Minister, Mr Howard, today congratulated the Wyong Shire Council for “its commitment to finding innovative water solutions to major water management challenges”.

It is noteworthy that Wyong Council does not consider that rainwater collected from roofs for rainwater tanks by all houses is an innovative solution - indeed it is not considered to be a solution at all.

Rainfall as recorded at the Gosford BOM measuring station was 804MM for the 12 months to 30 June. This rain was sufficient to provide 93KL of water for an average Central Coast house (roof area 175m) using a 5KL system for hot water, laundry, toilet flushing and external uses.

The cost to install a 5KL rainwater system in an existing house is less than $3,000 when all houses are supplied. This is less than the cost of installing rainwater supply into new houses, for which installation is mandatory.

Wyong Council and the National Water Commission dismiss rainwater tanks as an option for future water supply without comment on the costs and yields involved. But subsidies for rainwater tanks would not be necessary when the cost of installation is $3,000 with yield of 93KL.

Ian Mott talks about asynergy, “a condition where the collective intellect of a group is substantially dumber than the sum of the individual minds that make up that group ... not necessarily a synonym for government policy and administration, but many have observed a very strong association between the two.”

Why are rainwater tanks dismissed as an option for the Central Coast?

Greg Cameron
Posted by GC, Wednesday, 23 August 2006 2:10:50 PM
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In answer to your last question, Greg. They refuse, at all costs, to grant any credence to a solution that does not include the perpetuation of their role. They have placed their own continuity above the interests of the community they serve.
Posted by Perseus, Wednesday, 23 August 2006 9:45:21 PM
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Perseus/Greg,
Just a friendly question, are you both accountants or statisticians, the reason I ask is that you are so precise with figures, yet have no idea how ordinary people actually live.
Posted by SHONGA, Wednesday, 23 August 2006 10:17:35 PM
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Tubley,
Long time no hear, may need your help in near future, if you could contact me on my regular address please comrade.
Posted by SHONGA, Wednesday, 23 August 2006 10:19:07 PM
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