Level 4 Water Restrictions

[Creampuff]

Yep..good ol' South East Qld...from Wednesday go to level 4.......less time to bucket the car now!! I know people think of their gardens,I personally couldn't give a rats about the garden,give me a clean car anyday.

[GOLDIE]

Yeh it sucks but down here on the gold coast we have an almost full dam and still have to go on level 4 restrictions.

Ian

[gregaust]

http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/pdf/res_gardens_outdoor.pdf

Have a read here..Looks like the same for bucket washing..Times only apply to gardens.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by GOLDIE

Yeh it sucks but down here on the gold coast we have an almost full dam and still have to go on level 4 restrictions.

Ian

Yeah they probably going on long term forecasts. I was up in QLD in feb and i was suprised to see dirt and plants in what were once fountains etc, should be down south not much water to be had some palces are fresh out

[Rastus]

Level 4 restrictions will be in force for the Ballarat region as of Wednesday the 1st November also. We're already using bath water, and water from the washing machine rinse cycle for our plants.
Time maybe for a saying from Meet The Fockers..."if it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down!"

[Fairlane]

Yeah level 4 sucks, we got it recently.

Is Hinze dam back up to scratch? i was under the impression it was down to like 10%.

[qwigybo]

welcome aboard
we've been on level 4 for 2 months. can't even bucket wash your car or garden here

[[Tonko]]

im glad we have 42 megs of water and 2 full dams, no restrictions here, plus the grass is nice and green...

[ssb2005]

when i was on Kangaroo island they tried to impose water restrictions ad taxes etc for the murray on us. i was like gee you missed an important part about the name of our location (ISLAND). not to mention the fact we were on rain water and had 2 MASSIVE dams for watering lawns etc.

[StookEB]

I live in a country town north of Newcastle and don't think we have eva had water restrictions while i'v lived here. from march to August it rains, then the rest it bloody hot and then it still rains every now and then. After a storm it will ussually rains for a week, so we will never be restricted.

[kyro_02]

great that i left qld before the level 4 restrictions came in lol, good ol' vic with level 1 restrictions

didn't stop my mate washing his car with level 4 restrictions though

[max]

Turns out that in SA since Level 2 restrictions came into force a little over a week ago average water consupmtion has gone up!

[S3SR]

thank god for north qld.. only thing now is the heat.

who wants to buy water from me..lol :P

[R0BD0G]

well level 5 is worse than 4 buy heaps

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by max

Turns out that in SA since Level 2 restrictions came into force a little over a week ago average water consupmtion has gone up!

I didnt think we had "levels" like the other states do? Rather, we call them "permanent water conservation methods".

Sounds like semantics, i know... but I beg to differ.

The "levels" of restriction imply that they will one day be lifted. Not the case in my opinion, even if the resevoirs fill up - time has shown that we need to conserve the stuff regardless of how much is falling in any given 12 month period.

Whereas the SA approach shows that we need not get our hopes up about unrestricted water useage.

As for people complaining about the cleanliness of their car... lol, hope you guys are kidding. I couldnt think of anything less important.

[photn]

anybody know how the water when it rains always rains just outside Warragamba damn catchment. well i live there. and we always get water. lol 4 25000 ltr tanks and we live off one and it has only gone down to half Once...lol...awe well. lol and only half the House is connected to the tanks lol. plus the damn is full. the grass is green. i live in werombi just next to Silverdale. lots of rain there!

[TZENU]

well i think melbourne just hit stage 2. But at the rate we are going, and the current water levels, i'm predicting stage 3 is just around the corner :(

[klawsterfobik]

Geelong hit Stage 3 today, but i was told that if it wasnt so close to the election we'd be on Stage 4

Its getting pretty serious. If anything good can come out of it, the things we implement now will help our dams and resevoirs recover easier when we do get some rain.

[Sledgehammer]

Originally Posted by GOLDIE

Yeh it sucks but down here on the gold coast we have an almost full dam and still have to go on level 4 restrictions.

Ian

Yep...An dfor people with Pools they may need to buy a new washing machine!

Residential Pool owners

Pool owners who plan to continue using town water to top up or fill pools from June 30, 2007, must have installed three of the following four measures by that date:

* A four star-rated washing machine
* Dual flush toilets throughout the home
* A pool cover; or
* Ensure all indoor water appliances (showers and tap heads) are water-efficient.

NOTE: Pool owners can, by June 30 2007, install a free-standing rainwater tank or a roof gutter diverter and only use rainwater to top up their pools. These pool owners will not need to adopt any of the four water saving measures providing they do not top up with town water after June 30.

[Blue Oval Mopar Man]

Yeah , water resrictions realy suck ! Its one of the main reasons I havent moved back to queensland just yet (HOME). Still livin in Darwin has its good points.

Oh well , I'm going outside to wash my 3 cars and I may even hose down the driveway again !

Originally Posted by Kermit 73

well level 5 is worse than 4 buy heaps

Yep, I don't think I could drink my own urine.

[4.9 EF Futura]

Hahaha, in Adelaide theyve been using recycled water for AGES. We didnt get no stinking referrendum like the queenslanders did either.

Probably a good thing to. Seems queenslanders would rather let the place dry up than use perfectly safe recycled water.