06-09-2011, 02:04 PM
Here in Melbourne we have separate drains for the sewerage and storm water, although some d@#%heads are know to connect illegaly their stormwater to the sewer and vice versa. 
For a while in the '70's and '80's councils were actively discouraging the use of rainwater tanks because "they were ugly", then as the population increased etc, the state government and the water authorities were actively encouraging their use to reduce the amount of tap water used on gardens. We had major water restrictions in place until just recently due to a prolonged [10 year] drought and had even started to build a desalination plant. Then the rains came, which turned into floods, leaving parts of North-Easten Victoria under water for months.
I love a sunburnt country, a land of droughts and flooding rains. Boy did Dorothy Mac Kellar get that one right.
Mark
For a while in the '70's and '80's councils were actively discouraging the use of rainwater tanks because "they were ugly", then as the population increased etc, the state government and the water authorities were actively encouraging their use to reduce the amount of tap water used on gardens. We had major water restrictions in place until just recently due to a prolonged [10 year] drought and had even started to build a desalination plant. Then the rains came, which turned into floods, leaving parts of North-Easten Victoria under water for months.
I love a sunburnt country, a land of droughts and flooding rains. Boy did Dorothy Mac Kellar get that one right.
Mark
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