Update on the water situation...
I read this article in today's Courier. Here's a section:'Not good enough - Howard'
(Mike Madigan, July 18 2006 CM)
AUSTRALIANS living in major cities should not have to tolerate water restrictions, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday.
In a damning assessment of the nation's water infrastructure provided by local authorities and the states, Mr Howard suggested even the ancient Romans had superior policy in the area to modern-day Australia.
Mr Howard said he saw little reason why large cities should be gripped by water crisis."Having a city on permanent water restrictions makes about as much sense as having a city on permanent power restrictions," he said. "We would not tolerate it with electricity, we should not tolerate it with water."
The Prime Minister said two critical assumptions had to be overcome immediately if we were to reverse the trend – that water be used only once and that storm water be carried off to the oceans.
BAM.
a) its about reversing the mindsets about recycling water.
b) its about developing the infrastructure to ensure that water is available.
Yay! the government is talking about it!!!
*waits for action.*
*waits for action.*
*waits for funding*
*waits for...Oh fuckit. I'm moving to the Middle East...
posted by Jess @ 1:41 AM
2 Comments:
Although I think that the Gulf region is improving their infrastructure much faster than Australia, but...aren't they much drier than Australia, Jess?
Siz
Yep that's the point. The Middle East has actually realised that there isn't any water...and are actually working to do something about it.
And that's why I love them.
- Jess
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