The Age reported yesterday that Victorian's water bills will increase by 51 to 64 percent over the next 4 years. The water price rises, approved by the Essential Service Commission, will help supliment water saving measures by the Victorian Government. The Government's water saving measures will include the Sugarloaf and North-South piplines, Eastern Treatment Plant and the Desalination Plant.
Could be a good time to install a water tank!
This is probably not something you'd do to the new Beamer sitting in the driveway but if you've got an early 90's or even 80's car sitting around, then you might like to try a little DIY and have a crack at converting your car to electric energy.
This Guide to Converting your Car To Electric shows how a couple living off the grid were able to convert their car to electric power and spend less than $20 per month to rechard their car.
This build your own electric vehicle guide will show you how to:
- Cut Fuel Costs to Nearly Zero
- Clean Up The Environment
- Get Massive Tax Refunds
- Step by Step how to convert a car to electric
So if you don't want to fork out $40k for a new Prius, but would love to convert your existing car to electric, go check out How To Convert Your Car To Electric.
If you're thinking of installing a rainwater tank to harvest rainwater, use the checklist below to ensure you get the best out of your rain water tank.
- Make sure you roof is suitable for collecting rainwater.
- Reduce the amount of debris that will end up in your tank by installing gutter mesh.
- Fit gutter outlets to the underside of the gutter to prevent obstruction of water flow.
- Fit leaf eater-beater rain heads to downpipes stop gutters blocking. Leaf eater-beaters deflect leaves and debris and keep mosquitoes out of pipes that hold water.
- Install a water diverter to prevent the first flush of most contaminated rainwater from entering the tank.
- Ensure a tank screen is installed at the water tank entry point to filter water and keep mozzies and pests out.
- Find your nearest rain water tank supplier.
- Choose a suitable size tank for your home and consumption volumes.
- Attach insect-proof screens or flap valves to the end of all pipes to the tank screen and to the tank overflow outlets to keep mosquitos and pests out and ensure the tank is well vented.
- If necessary, utilise a tank "Top-Up" system to automatically top up the tank with mains water when water levels fall to the designated minimum level.
- Select a water pump system to distribute water for use inside or outside the home.
Here's a great guide that will help you create a sustainable living environment in your home. This book will teach you how to:
- Understanding why you should Go Green;
- Learning to adapt your lifestyle to benefit the planet;
- How and What to Recycle to save our resources;
- Reduce the amount of waste in landfills;
- Help your community;
- Live a healthier life;
- Saving energy and put money in your pocket;
- Recycle home waste products
- Buy the right products with recyclable packaging
- Compost kitchen and yard waste
- Perform Home Energy Audit
- Buy local
- Install rain water tanks
- Plant drought tolerant plants
- Buy energy saving light bulbs (CFL)
- Shop for Energy Star Saving Appliances
- Calculate your carbon footprint
If you're interested in learning more about you can reduce your carbon footprint and living green, check out Going Green, the comprehensive book on home sustainability and living green.
Who wants to DIY a solar hot water systems and save?
Australian's are lucky enough to be able to claim a rebate on Solar Hot Water Systems, but for those who like to DIY and build their own solar water heater, here's a book that might help.
This easy step by step guide will show you several different plans to build your very own solar water heater system. The plans are simple enough for any DIY'er to follow and will give you different option on how to set up and install your solar water heater.
The Guide will Teach You How to Build an entire solar hot water system for as little as $100.
Once installed, you will be saving up to 1/3 of your electric bill each and every month, depending on the amount of sunlight hours in your region.
You can reduce your power bill by up to a third!
- It will cost you less than $100 to build the water heater.
- This is a practical way to help our environment.
- It is simple and you can make it in just a few days.
- You can use the system anywhere in the world.
- This is a great DIY project and you will have fun building it.
- Enjoy the massive savings off your power bill.
- You can get started in a few minutes from now!
Click Here to Find out more about How to Build Your Own Solar Hot Water Heater
