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Green help for schools
St Marys Star, Australia - 23 Jun 2008 Sixteen schools applied for funding totalling $103877 for projects ranging from an ecological sustainable Aboriginal garden, rainwater tanks to the … |
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Archive for June, 2008
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Green skins
The Australian, Australia - 22 Jun 2008 The best of these never need to be watered: rainwater is harvested from the rooftop and pumped to the plants with the energy created by solar cells, … |
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Emirates' Australian resort progressing
Opodo, UK - 20 Jun 2008 The resort is also set to use tanks to capture rainwater and solar panels, which are expected to meet more than 75% of its hot water needs. … |
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The Big Dry
Forbes, NY - 19 Jun 2008 Australia is the test case. If Australians can find a way out of their current drought, they will light a way for the rest of the world. If they can't, … |
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Sydney Lifts Some Water Limits, Allows Car Washing With Hoses
Bloomberg - 18 Jun 2008 … drought on record, Sydney residents have become accustomed to a ban on sprinkler use, limited watering of lawns and the appearance of rainwater tanks. … |
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New leaks spring from Brumby's water plan
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 17 Jun 2008 Add expensive "solutions" such as rainwater tanks, and the final price tag soars: "The annual cost of the water restrictions to Australian households is … |
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A nation's liquidity at stake
The Australian, Australia - 13 Jun 2008 People are installing rainwater tanks, using grey water, growing vegetables, becoming mindful of every drop. Councils are harvesting stormwater and mining … |
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Coke’s Australia Bottler Most Water-Efficient
Environmental Leader, CO - 11 Jun 2008 … 100 years — was the $1 million construction of two underground rainwater harvesting tanks at its largest production facility located in western Sydney. … |
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Water tank seller hits empty
Courier Mail, Australia - 8 Jun 2008 THE man behind the Jim's Water Tanks debacle that has left thousands of Queenslanders waiting for rainwater tanks may lose his home and his own tank. … |
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Water recycle plan dumped
Tweed Daily News, Australia - 3 Jun 2008 Instead the draft plan, which goes on public display for eight weeks, recommends more private rainwater tanks and better repairs to leaks in the council's … |