Water usage surging

If we planned for our water needs properly it wouldn’t matter whether we watered our gardens or not. Australia is a dry place that sometimes get rain. When it rains we need to catch and store LOTS of the water. Build more dams! Build more water tanks!

I saw stats somewhere that indicated that domestic use of water outdoors accounted for 2% of daily use.
Wot happens when we get an odds and evens system is that everyone waters their green things every 2nd day instead of once or twice a week.
I did hose down some piles of dirt today, (redoing the yard) anyone who has a problem with that should consider the extra water that would have been required for 3 neighbours to each redo 2-3 loads of laundry as it would have been covered in lovely grey clay.

true AD. As my father is fond of saying, there is no less water. its just not where we would like it.

Same here Vic. I will double the sprinkler time too.

Hmmm that reminds me. Better put me sprinkers on.

I used to have a lawn…..but prefer it dry and brown – needs less mowing.

don’t have a lawn.. so I don’t water. which I think means that I can get away with 2 showers a day minimum. it all gets recycled in the end anyway!!

I water my lemon tree with, ah, recycled water.

Last time I bust a gut complying with restrictions and cutting down on watering the garden, a great fire nearly burnt us to a crisp, helped along through the suburb by everyone else’s diligently unwatered, tinderdry gardens. Won’t fall for that again. I believe anyone living on the outer urban edge should have an exemption so that they can keep the gardens green and damp thereby providing a buffer should a next big fire come along.

i water the lawn with an elaborate system of pipes and hoses originating from my washing machine.