using resources in communal settings [was:Re: [LINK] Here's one that will snag a few]

[grove at zeta.org.au]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 12:27 PM 21/02/2007, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> The rain water tanks are a little farcical. Because they will run dry in
>> a drought and the water they collect should really have been absorbed
>> into the ground.
>
> Not really. The water would go into the storm drains and out to the sea. It 
> collects off the roof in the same guttering that would send it to the storm 
> drain, but diverts to the tank instead.
>
> But the comment about empty tanks is true. A local mentioned that he took his 
> taps apart to see what was plugging up his watering system before he figured 
> out the tank was dry!


In various places in Spain (the Mediterranean has a similar climate to our own),
they have huge "cisternos" which trap all the runoff that would otherwise 
be wasted.

I have always considered Australia to have a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean 
climate but it would seem we do not appreciate water in the same way 
as those regions.


rachel

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