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Back to the future: Rainwater harvesting
Modesto Bee, CA - 8 hours ago In Australia, the city of Melbourne is installing a 260000-gallon underground tank to store water that will be used in a public park, and the city's design … |
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Archive for May, 2008
Everyone had a water tank, everyone had a few chooks, everyone had these verandas that wrap huge and shady around at least two sides of the house, full of dust and spiders and treasures. My cousin and I used to play dolls with a proper …
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Green House in Melbourne by Zen Architects
Inhabitat - 6 hours ago Rainwater is collected from the roof and put into storage tanks. Both rainwater and grey water are used in the 35 square meter (375 sq.ft.) garden. … |
Not everyone is this insane, of course, but we live in a rental and the landlord hasn’t gotten around to install a recycled grey water tank on the property (which btw is HUGE here in Australia). For those people that aren’t ‘into’ their …
$2m water tank ‘leaking from 200 holes’ A new $2 million water tank that is part of the South-East Queensland water grid is is leaking like a sieve.
The difference? Some older toilets use up to 8 gallons of water per flush. A toilet’s date stamp - the year it was manufactured - is located inside the tank on the back side. Toilets are the largest user of water in your home. …
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Rainwater harvesting: Washington ahead of California
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 23 minutes ago In Australia, the city of Melbourne is installing a 260000-gallon underground tank to store water that will be used in a public park, and the city's design … |
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Making every drop count
ScienceAlert, Australia - 28 May 2008 “Rainwater harvesters, internal tanks, integrated greywater systems, powered by photovoltaics, will be in every home,†he says. “Demand is already out there … |
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Australia Grapples With a Calamitous Year
Wine Spectator (subscription), CA - 28 May 2008 The region has been a leader in the development of innovative means of using rainwater. "When our rainwater tanks fill up, we pump the overflow into empty … |
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Work starts on substation
Scone Advocate, Australia - 28 May 2008 Mr Lillis said the company would concentrate on improving the flow of water through the site, and rainwater tanks would be used to capture any run-off from … |