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FYI- water crisis stroy link:
"day len, re 20 liters, that should read flush 20 litres and evaporate
30 for cooling. Total of 50 liters and hour. Not good at all. gardenlen wrote: g'day rob, dual flushes surprisingly don't save that much water, the best saving would be if people stopped flushing urine at all, only flush solids. the low flow shower heads much the same, people need to work out they they don't need as many showers as many tend to take. yes save buckets of grye water to flush toilets will double use water before it exits the home. and yes for sure why not pipe that class 2 water back for use in toilets and under control for some garden use. we have a new estate up here that has recycled water piped to it but it is only for the use of watering gardens and lawns, tat to me is still a waste, why can't those homes be connected for using it in their toilets? a lot of the stuff that bunnings sells is goverened by the gov's feel good measures they are the industry standard measures that draw rebates, at the end of the day they do little to encourage responsible water use. we still need to remember that money spent on infrastructure is investment fro the future, so why aren't all multiple use and public toilets retro fitted with those waterless full flush urinals? why aren't all new toilets in that catagory required to fit them first up? why aren't water tanks compulsory for all new homes built? and not to foget many homes are fitted with evaporative air coolers these units commonly use 20 litres of drinking water for every hour of operation. On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:49:31 +1300, "George.com" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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FYI- water crisis stroy link:
fair dinkum jonno?
that is horrendous use of sorry waste of water, 20 litres an hour was bad enough, all this because people won't grasp the fact that our homes are not designed to suit our climate nor are they designed to keep people comfortable with nil or very minimal comfort control. On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:34:07 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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Fair Dinkum If you read back the post where I questioned the fact that
evaporative coolers don't make water like the compressor type do. I will try and find it. We had a proper installer I think he said he was.. I'll see if I still have it on file. gardenlen wrote: fair dinkum jonno? that is horrendous use of sorry waste of water, 20 litres an hour was bad enough, all this because people won't grasp the fact that our homes are not designed to suit our climate nor are they designed to keep people comfortable with nil or very minimal comfort control. On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:34:07 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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gardenlen wrote:
fair dinkum jonno? Heres the article. Linda B was the owner. But if this is correct then they use a heap of water if left on all day... LindaB wrote: Hi Len, Just to confirm, and keeping away from words like "waste" for the minute (as it could be argued the moment it is drawn from the mains it is wasted, so things gets confused) We have now adjusted, turned all sorts of things down etc etc etc. Including reading water meters with no other water use etc etc. The minimum this one at the lower size in the range will work at is: Drawing 50 litres of water per hour from the mains Sending 20 litres per hour of that water into the stormwater (until we put the hose on it) Yes - that sure would do horrible things to your 300 litres a day. But my important message is - people need to have this sort of information so they can make decisions. It does not seem to be anywhere in teh discussions on water saving. Linda that is horrendous use of sorry waste of water, 20 litres an hour was bad enough, all this because people won't grasp the fact that our homes are not designed to suit our climate nor are they designed to keep people comfortable with nil or very minimal comfort control. On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:34:07 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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thanks jonno,
i most likley missed that reply post from lindaB, as i often don't follow threads when they break away, and 2 people begin chatting furiously on, suppose good edicate would be to post the reply to the peson you are chatting with but also post it back to the original post so all others will follow it, sounds complex but i think you will get what i mean. that is an horrendous use of water i must say again and the practise should be treated with contempt and all such units should be turned off, community spirit would dictate that surely? yes as lindaB says people need tomake choices, but we need to step right outside the square and discard our comfort zone so we can make those choices properly. in the world of 'cause' and 'effect', we must seek the true casue then alter the effect. the way i see it all waste potential and unsustainability starts with the design of our homes. i've said that before and now i've said it again, nothing will change until we home owners do. we ahve essays and information on our page, but unless the reader has opened up that is come outside the square of indoctrinated comfort zones then i guess none of it will mean much or at best it will test their inttegrity and intelligence. On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:48:46 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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