Aussie running out of Water
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Sydney is vying with Mexico City and Beijing to be the first capital in the world to run out of water," she said.
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"Where Melbourne may hit the wall in 15 years''
Level 3 mandatory water restrictions now apply across Sydney, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains.
2.Drought tightens grip on Australia,Friday, 13 October 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/water/stories/s1764087.htmDr Craik has made the frightening prediction that unless it rains, many communities' water storages will completely dry up.
3.Has Aussie done enough to prepare this one-in-100-year drought?
"If we don't get a decent break it's very possible that our storages could be empty by the end of April, May next year," she said.
Liberal Senator and farmer Bill Heffernan says even drinking water is running out.
"We are now faced with the prospect of some communities actually having their domestic water at risk," he said......
"One farmer in rural Australia takes his own life every four days now," he said.......
4."We're looking at a situation where Sydney is vying with Mexico City and Beijing to be the first capital in the world to run out of water," she said.
http://www.abc.net.au/water/stories/s1759528.htm
"Where Melbourne may hit the wall in 15 years, where you have polluted and depleted your river systems and your aquifers at a truly unprecedented rate.
"You're in water crisis but not water crisis that's recognised in anything other than just kind of a language of drought."
Canadian conservationist Maude Barlow says Melbourne and Sydney will run out of drinking water unless governments take urgent action.
5.While it is damn impolite to say this in Aussie,i think the expert
really put her head in chopping board.But She is really fren of Aussie
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yeah there is a big shortage of water in aus every summer. last summer in melbourne you cant wash car with home tap & hose, can only water grass/lawn at certain times, and lots of other water restrictions. but ppl always insist on growing big impressive gardens with imported plants that require a lot of water.... idiots.....
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ok. kewl.
i go take long bath now.
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Bo Zhui????
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WooHooo No water.
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New water anyone?
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
It is common here for the federal to blame the state and the state to blame the federal gov for fail policies
[b]Editorial: Drought shows political failure,October 14, 2006,The states are to blame for water problems, not nature and other related news.[/b]
But most of the major cities in Aus is running out of water, that is a fact -
something they might wanna learn from usOriginally posted by saline:New water anyone? 
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singapore buys from malaysia till 2011..aussie leh?No neighbour nearby except NZ...