Archive for July, 2007

Smoking ban in pubs and clubs will save water

Posted 31 July 2007 | By Luke | Categories: media water stories, water saving ideas, water saving tips | 2 Comments

How many times have you been our at a pub or night club only to wake up the next morning (somewhere) stinking of cigarette smoke?  Your hair and clothes smell like you’re a two pack a day smoker. The fist thing I do the morning after is throw all my clothes in the wash then [...]

Washing clothes less to save water

Posted 31 July 2007 | By Luke | Categories: water saving tips | 1 Comment

I come from a family of compulsive clothes washers. Take my sister for example; she’s a ware once wash once kind of girl.  Well what if we all became a little more conscious of what we throw into the wash basket?  I’m not suggesting you ware your undies two days in a row, I’m just [...]

PM Announces Water and Energy Aaving Vouchers for Schools

Posted 17 July 2007 | By Luke | Categories: media water stories | No Comments

Prime Minister John Howard today announced that the government would offer Australian Schools a $50,000 voucher to in assist in the instillation of solar hot water systems and water tanks. The Environment minister Malcolm Turnbull also told ABC radio there would be a $1000 assistance package for families earning less than $100,000 to replace existing [...]

Transporting large quatities of water in bladders

Posted 10 July 2007 | By Luke | Categories: media water stories, water saving ideas | No Comments

Brisbane physicist Dr Ian Edmonds has had a novel idea for transporting water from rain soaked North Queensland down to the drier regions of South East Queensland and NSW.  Dr Edmonds has suggested floating large volumes of fresh water down the Australian east coast in large plastic bladders.  With the natural current that flows from [...]

Rebate for water saving products in Victoria

Posted 03 July 2007 | By Luke | Categories: Rebate Information | No Comments

The Victorian State Government has announced that water saving rebates will expand to include new water saving products. New water saving products and services to be included in the rebate scheme will include: Hot water recirculating device, such as the Chili Peper hot water recycler, that recycles cold water until back to the hot water [...]