water, water, water.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
10:17 PM
By viewing the Earth, it is a fact that Austrailia is currently known as the driest continent. Water is not always available when and where people need it. However, they are actually
not running out of it!
Okay so, their water availability is caused by several factors, namely: climate with high rates of evaporation and highly variable rainfall, which in turn causes droughts and floods; water salinity and human consumption. Also, agriculture takes up 65% of water supply consumption!
Farmers were biggest users of water, accounting for 67 per cent, while home owners were next biggest with 13 per cent. On average, every Australian consumed a total of
115 kilolitres (115,000 litres) of water every year.
Comparing this to Singapore, Singapore's per capita consumption of water in households has been maintained at 165 litres per day for last 5 years - that is 60,225 litres of water every year! (goodness)
Thus, to face this problem, water restrictions are put in place in many regions and cities. These restrictions may include restrictions on watering lawns, refilling swimming pools, or even washing vehicles.
I've also found out, (from a poster pasted behind a cubicle door), that water used to flush the toilets are recycled water. We can actually choose to 'half-flush' or 'fully flush' the toilets. 'Half-flush' would mean that the amount of water used for flushing is very little, which is a good way of managing the water resources.
p.s: Do you know that the water the Australians drank is the tapwater? I've got quite a shock when they filled a bottle of tapwater for me to drink.
See you guys!
Have fun!
}Sharon
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