4 towns need carting water
"If people have to leave Kumbia, I don't know what's
going to happen in Brisbane," he said.
Hi I put forward fatcs and figures and u guys use
irrelvant
postings to cover mine.
Wat a gentlemen!!
U accused me that i lied aussie facing water shortage and
there
are injection rooms ran by churches.
U never say sorry even i give u tons of evidences.
2.I give u more.The threat of these two small towns may
be the prelude of big troubles of cities,where millions stay.
How can u evacuate so many people,folks?
Drought feeds evacuation fears,By Tuck
Thompson,April 26, 2007
* Two Darling Downs towns can't afford water cartage
* Some 1700 residents considered in government move
* Former Bronco Shane Webcke among 'outraged' locals
TWO towns on Queensland's Darling Downs face evacuation because
they have almost run out of water and cannot afford to indefinitely
cart supplies.
Senior state bureaucrats have discussed the possibility of
moving residents from Leyburn, population 200, and Killarney, home
to 1500 people.
One of Leyburn's two bores has run dry and there are fears the
other could follow.
It is costing $8000 a week to cart water to Killarney,
which is at the source of the Murray Darling river
system.
Water Services Association executive director Ross Young said the
Government had the power to move people.
"I'm not sure it has ever been used in Australia because of an
inability to supply water in a cost-effective manner, but water is
becoming increasingly scarce," he said.
"The reality is with no water, you can't live anywhere for
long.
"If this goes on for years, there is a real question of how you
provide water supplies to these communities."
The threat of evacuation has outraged locals, including former
Bronco Shane Webcke, who owns Leyburn's only pub.
"I'll move from my hotel when Peter Beattie moves from Brisbane,"
he said.
"Imagine if you said no one can live in Kenmore, everyone in
Kenmore has to go."
Warwick Shire Mayor Ron Bellingham called evacuation an "Armageddon
solution", but admitted it was a possibility for Leyburn.
--http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21621161-5005941,00.html?from=public_rss
3.It cost about A$150 per capita pm for carting
water,depending on distance
I read another town of more population cost A$ one million
for carting water for whole town per month >It work out $150 to
200 per capita pm.
So one family of four cost A$600 pm,just for water.
4.4 towns need carting
water--http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21621508-2,00.html?from=public_rss
...The state is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars carting
water for
Killarney, in Warwick Shire;
Builyan, in Calliope Shire;
Kumbia in Kingaroy Shire and
Willows Gemfields in Emerald Shire.
Local Government Minister Andrew Fraser's office released a
statement saying there were "no plans in place to evacuate" the
four towns.
However the comment was removed from a later statement.
In Kumbia, "there is no more water. All of the bores have run dry,"
Kingaroy Mayor Roger Nunn said.
But in Kumbia, nearly all the residents have rainwater tanks and
council is hiring a driller for more bores.
"If people have to leave Kumbia, I don't know what's going
to happen in Brisbane," he said.
5.digital map of aussie
BRISBANE AND GOLD COAST
red:Leyburn town.
black:Killarney, in Warwick Shire
6.iF U CANT SUPPLY WATER TO SMALL TOWNS,
CAN U GURANTEE WATER SUPPLY TO CITY
This is not PRC or India,men.
Water catchment of these small towns is small,compared with
cities'.
This is a matter of proportions.Bigger water catchments for cities
but have to supply water to millions of people .
There is 19.6% full in reservoirs
catchment area
7.Can Brisbane water last another 16 months?
Water storage drops 45 % points in last 3
years.ie,15 % points pa.
Can the current 20% provide 16 months demand?
Will the undersiable underground water , coming out due to
lower pressure, polluate reservoir water?
One reservoir ,which i forget the location,cant provide water
when water level drop to some 15% ,
because undersiable plants etc growing.....
8.Read carefully of this article from UK
I do hope sgporeans will not suffer like this UK couple.
Migrated to aussie and see their flowers dying.
Ugly gardens are small matter compared this couple
future.What is the future of any city if it
running out of water?
Am I crazy?Ask this reporter how he got this
quote:
-- Meanwhile, in Australia a global crisis
arrives in the back yard
By Kathy Marks in Brisbane,Published: 28 April 2007
...If next summer is as dry as the last one, Brisbane will run
out of water late next year...
But if construction work falls behind schedule, there will be a
crisis. Frankly, its a close race, says a source at the
Queensland Water Commission.
Smaller towns in the region have already run dry, and are having to
truck in water supplies at great expense. The government is talking
about evacuating residents. ....
Did I quote out of contents?
