Sunday, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:37
I must say that we are lucky here near Murwillumbah. When everywhere else was in drought, and some still are, we were the first area to lift
water restrictions in '04 I think it was? The reasons being that even though the Clarrie Hall Dam isn't huge, it
services a small
population and the valley which lies within the rim of the extinct volcanoe which Mt Warning is the centre of, has a relatively high rainfall. The problem is the future; this dam suports the current
population of around 6000 but current development sees the pop at 26000 within 10 years.
Well derr, let alone all the other
infrastructure like roads and sewerage treatment, it's very short-sighted to multiply the
population and just 'hope for the best' with the
water supply.
I know there is lot of folks on here that live in SE QLD where
water is short but there is certainly no halt on new residential development going forward even though the dam can't supply the current
population. That's just crazy. Every new residential area gives birth to new industrial areas all requiring
water! It doesn't take a genius to realise that it just can't go on this way.
Where we live now we are on
tank water and it is virtually impossible for two adults and two kids to empty a 10,000 gallon
tank with all the daily washing etc. Sure, the cars don't get washed often, but on the other hand we let Cooper stand in the shower as long as he wants (Although we are educating him in the way of not wasting things). I am just accentuating the the amount of rainfall we get here, and that we are lucky. If we happen to be here in 10 years, I'd rather be on
tank water than relying on the shire
water supply. Get some tanks if you don't have yet!
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