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Re: Seeking Information on Water Conservation & Groundwater Protection
2009-01-25 16:26:09 UTC
Laura,
The Irrigation Association in Australia produced this brochure which has been popular as a way of teaching domestic consumers the relationship between soil, plant and water http://www.irrigation.org.au/assets/pages/6E9E6203-1708-51EB-A65470E3F41123EB/Good%20watering%20LR.pdf
A government authority has also been very successful in encouraging consumers to maintain water use over 2 years to 170 L/person/day (38 gal). It's website is http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/
Hope this helps
Anne Currey
Anne Currey
Naturally Resourceful
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RE: thinking more about using television
2007-03-08 00:58:00 UTC
I was interested in the Carbon Test too, and the aspect of a commercial station taking up the issue. Sadly, it bombed in terms of audience numbers at around half a million viewers (commercial TV should be looking for a million + to have a winner). The review I read said that the problem was the station's target audience (16 to 39 and 18 to 49 age groups) "couldn't care less" and didn't want to watch it. Pretty sad. Another example of TV confirming its role as an enterntainment medium and not education?
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Re: Looking for research on watering restrictions
2006-01-11 00:02:00 UTC
Industry and farmers do have effective lobby groups, however, the pressure is on domestic use in urban areas because cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Gold Coast have come up against limits to growth in the last few years, i.e. with increase in per capita water consumption + population growth + prolonged drought, current storage facilities are at their limit. In many of these areas, government has decided that it is preferable to decrease water consumption and rely on other water sources such as recycling (unfortunately Sydney has chosen desalination) rather than build new storages. Farmers have been under the hammer since the early 1990s to improve water use efficiency, and it looks like it is now the turn of urban Australians.
Anne Currey -
Re: Looking for research on watering restrictions
2005-12-21 20:37:16 UTC
Beth:
A number of Australia's urban centres have tackled the issue of water shortages in the last few years. Perth, Western Australia, has had a comprehensive regime of water conservation measures (most authorities in Australia now term what were "restrictions" as "conservation" measures - more positive :-)). Anyway, Perth is recognised as having successfully managed public opinion and behaviour of consumers in reducing water consumption over the long term, since 1999. A good contact if you want to follow up is John Brennan, [email protected] The state of Victoria has instituted permanent water conservation measures which permanently ban some activities, as follows: Use manual watering systems only between 8 pm and 10 am Use automatic watering systems only between 10 pm and 10 am Fit your hose with a trigger nozzle No hosing paved areas Apply to fill a new pool. For info go to <http://www.vic.gov.au/VictoriaOnline?action=executeQuery&taxonomy=&id=5158&
breadcrumbs=[Topic]Environment^5158¤tId=[Topic]Environment">
A number of other cities have implemented similar measures in Australia, and the emphasis is less on punitive actions and more on a holistic apporach of introducing equipment that will result in less water being used, forging strategic partnerships with industry e.g. nursery, irrigaiton and the plumbing industries, and policies that promote waterwise behaviour. If you are interested in more info and resources on this topic I'm happy to oblige.
Anne Currey
Naturally Resourceful
Pty Ltd Editor-in-Chief, Irrigation Australia
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