Bill GreenIF THERE IS LITTLE SPRING RAIN MELBOURNE WILL HAVE TO SHIP IN WATER
September 2nd 2008 00:51
This year Barcelona shipped water in for their tourist season. At a cost of $34m there were six ships a month for three months. Each ship had enough water for 180,000 people for a day. Melbourne is going to need more.
Remember the warning early this year from department of sustainability and environment: Melbourne won't have water if we have the same rainfall in 2008 as we had in 2007. Well, we haven't had the same, we've had less.
It's not that the reservoirs are going to be empty, it's just that if the levels drop another 20% our water will be unfit to drink. Just like Barcelona. It's not that I'm trying to be news conscious and begin covering the short term future too early, it's just that I haven't heard any state government plans to
ship water in from Tasmania or Queensland to prevent social breakdown in the city.
Let's have some plans guys. In the central gold fields the water catchments were down to 5% last summer and the water was undrinkable without filters that removed chemicals and lead. The good news for us is that we've had enough rain to allow run-off to our reservoirs, the next time it rains.
Remember the warning early this year from department of sustainability and environment: Melbourne won't have water if we have the same rainfall in 2008 as we had in 2007. Well, we haven't had the same, we've had less.
It's not that the reservoirs are going to be empty, it's just that if the levels drop another 20% our water will be unfit to drink. Just like Barcelona. It's not that I'm trying to be news conscious and begin covering the short term future too early, it's just that I haven't heard any state government plans to
Let's have some plans guys. In the central gold fields the water catchments were down to 5% last summer and the water was undrinkable without filters that removed chemicals and lead. The good news for us is that we've had enough rain to allow run-off to our reservoirs, the next time it rains.
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The predicted change to central Victoria's weather is that hail will be more prevalent. Hope it's some years away.