tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post113787017530520346..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: Sydney's water crisis - its our problem too.Denis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-1138100252214924302006-01-24T21:57:00.000+11:002006-01-24T21:57:00.000+11:00Hi Anonymous.Good to have a true believer on board...Hi Anonymous.<BR/>Good to have a true believer on board. <BR/>Desalination is a nonsense - it might be justifiable (and affordable) in the Gulf States. But <I><B>NOT</B></I> here. Not when we are still allowing water to run straight down drains in public toilets; and with no re-use of grey water for football fields, etc.<BR/><BR/>Shame about your water tank not being positioned well.<BR/>I do not have mine yet, but when I do, it will probably get used for the garden, because I doubt I can afford a pump to use it inside the house. However, I am being as careful as I can about not wasting the water I do use.<BR/><BR/>I had not heard of the water-shipping plans. Reminds me of the idea which was around a few years ago, of dragging icebergs up from the Antarctic. That was before they realised the ice caps are melting too fast anyway!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your views.<BR/>DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-1138075072368217772006-01-24T14:57:00.000+11:002006-01-24T14:57:00.000+11:00I couldn't agree more. My family has become OBSESS...I couldn't agree more. My family has become OBSESSIVE about saving water - we invested in a rainwater tank (my country mum thinks it's a shame that with all the pollution we can't drink it) and the garden is full of buckets and barrels to catch the extra bits we might miss otherwise.<BR/>I think I can safely say that NOBODY I know thinks that a desalination plant is a good idea. As for IMPORTING WATER BY SHIP, have you ever heard the like? Local councils ought to encourage people to save water by helping them to have water tanks installed (this goes for every house in Australia) - we paid, if I might be excused the expression, a bucketload for ours and this apparently did not entitle us to having it installed in a place that the gutters would actually drain into!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com