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Friday, 21 July 2006
My daily consumption of Water
Mood:  lucky
Topic: change of view

I have done a quick calcuation of my latest 6 month water consumption.

At $340.00au. for the 6 months ending 30th June 2006, my cost of water

was much higher that my friend who has a block of land same size as mine, 

one half acre in whole area.  For 26 weeks for half a year, weekly usage 

costs $13.20cents. Leaving the daily water usage at less than $2.00 per day.

How many of us would buy a drink, either fruit juice, soft drink, water or

beer,  and not quibble at the cost of that one drink. Now at $2.00 per day,

I get my toilet flushed at least 4 flushes, hands washed, more than 4 as

I am digging in the soil, or cleaning house, soiling my hands in one way or

other.  Shower, or bath, at least once a day.  Washing clothes, three times

a week, or three loads in automatic washer, even on low water level load,

quiet a few litres of water.

 

 

 


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Friday, 14 July 2006
Water & All That
Mood:  hug me

15th July AFTERNOON…HERE

AGAIN THE WATER PROBLEM OF SOUTHEAST QLD….

http://www.seqwater.com.au/content/standard.asp?name=WhoWeAre

 

This is the mob who actually OWN the dams that were originally built with

Tax-payer funds from every Queenslander, and every Qld worker who

Would be quiet unaware of how the dealings work. I am only beginning to understand what is happening & has happened.

There is and has been ‘Witchcraft’ afoot! Slight of hand and slip of tongue, change the subject to ‘needs,’ when it suits, and ‘ruining the environment,’ as an excuse.

My source tells me, and I quote the email he has sent me,

Sorry, VaMEad, my first response was prior to checking my Blog. You can see the annual reports at www.seqwater.com.au The 2001/2002 has the price increases which were actually from $135/ML to $166/Ml. The assets subject to the transfer are in the accounts at historical cost. The detail on the calculation of the transfer cost appears to have been taken out since my complaint to ASIC. Regards Ian Mott”

That is a double whammy of what you can guess is the big chaps at the south east quarter

Of our state of Queensland. Please remember dear reader, I had attended an official meeting

Of water planners, called ‘Fitzroy Basin Catchment Management,’ where they were asking for officials to manage the area of where I live is part of one of the largest catchment areas in Australia.

What am I getting at, what is my point?? This bunch of rabble called government, and water managers have short changed all Queenslanders, and new arrivals too. They encourage more and more settlement in the South East quarter of the state, then rubbish the rest of us.

I will attempt to go back and find Ian Mott’s web page. Maybe back track my email. Could take sometime or just a few seconds. Actually, took a couple of minutes. Ian Mott is the writer of the water crisis, that I had so much to say earlier. Some years since I have driven to

Ipswich, where some of my Siblings still live, via Esk, which goes around and over the

Whivenho Dam, the great wonder that was to keep Brisbane in Water for Ever and more!

http://ianmott.blogspot.com/

 

I am leaving it to you, dear reader to check further, if it so interest you. It is how they do

Business in the wild, wild west of Queensland, Australia. Then there is all the money in

The world to wage war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and God know where else


Posted by aussiepod at 7:13 PM
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Tuesday, 1 January 2002

Water cut to power stations

Rosemary Odgers

March 08, 2007 10:05am

THE state government will from next month significantly reduce the amount of water available to power stations to save drinking water.

Deputy Premier Anna Bligh told State Parliament that Tarong North power station's water allocation would fall by 40 percent and Swanbank by 25 percent from April 10 when Level 5 water restrictions are introduced.

The cuts will stay in place until September.

The government estimates the reductions will mean Tarong's consumption will fall from 20 megalitres a day to 12 megalitres a day and Swanbank's from 20 megalitres to 15.

Ms Bligh said the overall savings amounted to 13 megalitres a day - equivalent to the amount of water used by 65,000 people.

She said power delivery would not be affected by the cuts because the state had ample electricity.

Ms Bligh said nothing about whether the partly privately owned Tarong North would be compensated for being forced to reduce output as a result of the water restrictions.

The cuts were decided at a Water Commission meeting yesterday.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21345798-3102,00.html 


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