Archive for November, 2009

Water tank installation in houses has become a popular and successful ways of preserving water. What other best way of fighting water scarcity could be there in.

I live in Australia, and the water tanks are outside, on the lawn, or right next to the house, so why would going onto the roof help? It makes no sense, because, unless it was raining and you wanted to stop the gutters from directing …

“This year, crews will have an additional helicopter to help to detect fires with four fire towers strategically situated in the catchments to help locate fires when they start, and 40 water tanks are located at key sites in the …


New York Times
Hiking the Australian Desert Near Ayers Rock
New York Times
Crucial to the plan was a network of rainwater tanks at intervals of about 10 miles — a day's travel — that rangers would monitor and top off with town

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Survey shows concerns about rising cost of living in Brisbane
NEWS.com.au
It comes as Forest Lake in Brisbane's west was named the best of the city's green-tinged suburbs - a haven for rainwater tanks, solar hot water systems and

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Eureka Street
Reinventing our gathering places
Eureka Street
Sydney City Council and centre staff hope the SHLCC with its prominent street front and water and energy saving rainwater tank, photovoltaic array,

Beer cans can build a green house
The Canberra Times
By installing rainwater tanks the family had also managed to reduce its consumption of town water from around 1700lt a day to 70lt.


Northside Chronicle
Brisbane council's greenest suburbs
Northside Chronicle
Four different rebates have been analysed – rebates for solar hot water, residential rainwater tanks, ClimateSmart Home Service and pool covers handed out

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“(AP) Australian authorities plan to corral about 6000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. …

The camels, which are not native to Australia but were introduced in the 1840s, have smashed water tanks, approached houses to try to take water from…