Learning lessons from the parched
- From: Vol 9, Issue 11 (November 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
After rejecting a local recycled water scheme in 2006, the Australian city of Toowoomba now plans to extract water directly from the local aquifer. Until, that is, it is forced to drink its neighbours’ recycled water in 2010.
In a 2006 referendum, Toowoomba, Australia’s largest inland city, chose to go without water rather than drink recycled effluent. Since then, there has been little rain to speak of, and only a few months’ supply remains, with the city’s water reserves now below 9% of capacity. Toowoomba is about to pay the price as the consequences of its ...
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