g'day tony,

don't think you have to live on the gold coast to experience that
problem in drought conditions, pity yuor council allowed for that
excess drinking water to be used of late for a spring clean of the g/c
your water reserve was already low.

yep let the lawn go or turn it into gardens, gardens take less water
to keep them going, the things to do; heavily mulch around all your
plants use mulch hay or straw. start using your gray water especially
from the bathroom and laundry, you'll find that in most cases you can
get a clean wash with 1/2 the washing powder recommended and then use
earth friendly products.

we have used gray water for years even in the burbs, we had a high set
house i fitted a diverter to the bath outlet and we used to pump the
laundry water to the gardens. if you want to take it one step further
instead of using good drinking water to flush urine (water) away use a
wee bucket then mix that with water each day and water the gardens
with that, this is great on vege' gardens

take care

len

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