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The CityFarm Chronicles blog has a post entitled Musings on water where the author outlines “a vision of how things could be done differently. A few of these are top down approaches, some are bottom-up approaches. Some are tongue-in-cheek but it’s up to you to decide which ones!”
Check it out - and feel free to leave your thoughts over there (or on this post if you’re so inclined)…
With a large proportion of Australia in a drought, and many major cities enforcing water restrictions, the plants in our garden are being tested on their water efficiency. Most of us have all heard of grey water, the water drained from baths, showers, washing machines, and sinks. Normally this water goes down the drain, but we all could be recycling this water on our gardens. It’s a simple concept and it’s really easy to start. There are three main ways to use grey water:
Grey water seems like a great solution to a water shortage but I’d be interested to hear other people’s experiences using grey water.
Between March 21 and 22, ABC Local Radio ran a 40 hour drought challenge, to use only 40 litres of water in 40 hours. A tough challenge! Over 2000 people registered for the challenge. Together these people saved over 630,000 litres, nearly as much as an Olympic Swimming pool (1 million litres).
It was a great idea that allows us to see how much water we really do use in a day.
After taking on the challenge I started noticing how much water I wasted on little things. I found I took nearly as much water washing my coffee mug out, as it is to have a coffee!
The bathroom used up the majority of my water allowance. Luckily I have water saving shower heads which allowed me to have a very quick shower.
Clair Skyring’s blog takes us through the experience of the challenge. She gives a great commentary through her personal experience, such as coming down with the gastro bug two days before the challenge started!
Treehugger highlights the ‘No Wet’ Waterless Carwash - which is available in Australia (though I haven’t found out where just yet).
No Wet Australia has been establishing the business over the past few years. Given that many Australian metropolitan and rural cities have imposed water restrictions limiting the volume of water used to clean cars, their timing seems very opportune.
Looks like a good way to reduce water use when washing your car.
Update: Seems you can order the product through the No Wet website.
Escaped invasive garden plants are the biggest source of agricultural and environmental weeds, costing farmers many millions of dollars each year. Just one escaped invasive garden plant - Lantana - now degrades over 4 million hectares of Australia’s environment.
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