Australia pins its ski hopes on “brown snow”
- From: Vol 8, Issue 3 (March 2007)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
- Related Companies: Tenix Alliance
A ski resort in Victoria is tackling climate change head on by using recycled water to make snow. Will their gamble turn into a slippery slope?
The Australian ski resort of Mount Buller has diminishing annual rainfall. Water from the sky simply appears to be running out. According to a report on ABC National Radio, climate change is predicted to cut natural snowfall by 90% in the next 40 years.
No water means no snow, so resort managers have turned to water recycling to source this ...
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