Crikey it’s wet

[red750]

I'm sure Sydney would love to sed you some, onetrack. Warragamba Dam is overflowing and many suburban areas being flooded out, with evacuations everywhere.

[nomadpete]

Note that BOM are warning of possible 'megadroughts'.

 

None of our water supply infrastructure will cope with a 20 year drought. Do you think our governments are scrambling to build water supplies to ensure our survival through a 20 year drought?

Queensland nearly ran out after a ten year low rainfall, and they cancelled building further dams, in spite of constant population growth.

Edited April 5 by nomadpete

[old man emu]

10 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

That is a great idea. But only if there is water available for said veggie patch.

I'm talking about a patch that is about the size of a kitchen table, or a single sleeping bed. That size can easily be watered from the household supply or grey water. 

 

How much do you need to grow? Just think about how much vegetable you do eat in a year. How many people get a punnet of seedlings and find that they are giving away produce. Don't forget that each member will not be growing the same as everyone else.

[nomadpete]

I'm trying to suggest you are putting the cart before the horse.

 

If the predictions play out, there might not be enough water to sustain the population, let alone trying to find extra to water the garden.

 

Trying to minimise the cost of putting food on the table pales when there is not enough water to drink.

 

As I pointed out, our reserves seem to only last through the average 10 or 12 year drought. Now we are warned to expect much worse. Then what?

 

Water security vital.

[facthunter]

We have to re use the water,  at some stage of our thinking.  and not just use it for washing  public streets, driveways and  Flushing turds down dunnies. Evaporative Air conditioners use a lot also.Nev

[spacesailor]

Wellington NZ .

3 to 4 weeks without rain and their dams are dry , water arrived by milk tanker . 

 

 . Apple & orange tree's for ' male '

Lemon tree's for ' women ' .

Not sexist , males stand, while female crouch .

Don't use your " dishwasher " machines. 

Wash them by hand , then put the water into your garden 

Grey water

Buy a " camping shower kit " . Then Shower on the lawn .

Silly  but your grass will be green longer .

spacesailor

 

Edited April 6 by spacesailor
A I changed my words. twice

[facthunter]

And your  neighbours will Linga Longer. Sales of Wellingtons in Wellington fall to new low. .  Nev

[nomadpete]

13 hours ago, facthunter said:

We have to re use the water,  at some stage of our thinking.  and not just use it for washing  public streets, driveways and  Flushing turds down dunnies. Evaporative Air conditioners use a lot also.Nev

I can see it now....

The government  promoting 'shower with a friend... on your front lawn'....

 

Evaporative coolers waste water, but real aircons make distilled water.

[pmccarthy]

Evaporative coolers don't waste water, they put it to a very good use. In low humidity they are much more electrically efficient than refrig types. Leaving the tap on while cleaning your teeth waters water.

[facthunter]

  Do you have practical experience with a Large evaporative  air cond system?  They USE a LOT of water. I wouldn't have liked to be on a town water supply,  Nev

[spacesailor]

Washing machines 

Waste more water , than dishwashers .

Put a hose onto the outlet, to run it to your garden. 

At the moment I need the opposite ( water over the lawn to the washing machine ).

Would be a ' time travel ' experience like washing cloths in the creek !.

OH , My aching back .

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Yeah bit don't put your dishes in the Washing Machine either.  Nev

[spacesailor]

Use a ' bucket ' then use it for your garden .

North of Sydney a suburb has no sewerage. 

Cleaned by electricity,  then sprayed over lawn areas.

Untill " power-outages " caused a Big stink . LoL

Spacesailor

[red750]

And yet there's so much water going to waste. All these floods in NSW and Qld running off to where? In Vic, I haven't watered the garden for a few years, yet everything is green and overgrown. Even the pot plants get put out in the rain. Weeds grow to fence height in a couple of weeks.

[spacesailor]

Same in Sydney. 

So emptied my 2000 ltr water tank. 

Just to tempt fate . Then that monsoonal rain stopped. 

Bright sunshine. 

Grandchildren's Windsor house didn't go under.

( this time ) .

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Monsoonal Rain is special and related to where the thermal Equator Is.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

Rain Lover was a horse.

[facthunter]

If He caught a cold in the rain he'd become even more Hoarse. They have to be in a stable condition before they can Race. Want a TIP??? Don't bet on Horses. Nev

[old man emu]

Talking about wasting water, house designers don't think that problem through. They place the hot water heater well away from the bathrooms so you waste a hell of a lot of water that has cooled in the pipe while you wait for the hot to come through. I've put my hot water heater within 2 metres of both my kitchen sink and bathroom.

[Mr.Vegemite]

On 07/04/2024 at 10:30 AM, red750 said:

And yet there's so much water going to waste.

I live in one of the wettest areas in the country with annual rainfall measured in metres. The Tasmanian West Coast and yet I have never seen a home with a water tank and some councils actually ask residents to conserve water.

 

6 hours ago, old man emu said:

They place the hot water heater well away from the bathrooms so you waste a hell of a lot of water that has cooled in the pipe while you wait for the hot to come through.

I have that problem in the house I just started renting. It takes a few minutes to get hot water in the bathroom and the water heater is in the bathroom. The pipes must run the perimeter of the house before reaching the taps. Amazing!

[spacesailor]

Have you tried the " New heat pump " hot water ? .

The one I used ( in the UK ) had the switch in the kitchen.  SO

When you forget , you traverse the house from bathroom through lounge to kitchen,  to switch ON .

then return, soaking wet to that bathroom. 

Great if you have company. A good conversation starter .

IN the cold U K .

( good job they only shower once a week )

spacesailor

[red750]

Was nice and sunny this morning. Bloody raining again now, though. Forecast cold and miserable for the rest of the week

[Jerry_Atrick]

2 hours ago, spacesailor said:

( good job they only shower once a week )

 

Probably the most inaccurate stereotype floating around these days...

[nomadpete]

10 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

 

Probably the most inaccurate stereotype floating around these days...

What? Have they discovered  hot running water?

[facthunter]

 I wouldn't be worried about switching on too many visitors . nev