IamBec88 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Australia has been in drought just about forever, and some level of water restrictions exist in basically every area of the country. Water restrictions range from level one where sprinklers are banned, and hoses etc cannot be used between 10am and 4pm, to level five which basically means no hoses, no watering gardens, no washing cars, no outside-use of water. I've never really heard anything about water restrictions elsewhere in the world, I don't know if this water shortage is an international problem or not. So, basically, my question is: are you on water restrictions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephy Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Indeed I am... is there even a part of Melborune that isent? Really, we've been on water restrictions sooo long its just become natural to have shorter showers and watch water usage ect.. I honestly don't think they'll ever lift the restrictions entirely.. when you think about it the amount of water we were using before, it was rediculous! ;] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pxnk_maria Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 heck yeah man we're on water restrictions. I even have that timer thing you put in your shower and when that ends you should stop showering. lol. but it's been CRAZY raining over here in sydney. hopefully a good thing for the drought but so far all I've been hearing is bad news - floods ruining houses and even one death to a whole family on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamBec88 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Yeah, well, I know you guys are on restrictions my question was aimed at non-Aussies, but yeah. Thanks for your input too. And I agree that the restrictions should never be lifted. And they ought to truck all the flood water out to farmers.. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pxnk_maria Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 lol woops. oh well just wanted to say something haha. nah I reckon the water restrictions are a good thing. it's a bit of a pain in the first place but you get used to it. and yeah the damn floods should be sent to the farmers not us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycas Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 We are occasionally inthe summer, but that is it.. never as bad as where you are, we get the odd level one or 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annmarie Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 We have the same thing in Surrey, but it's just the hose pipe, sprinklers etc. can't be used at all. This has been going on for about 2 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 wow. i never even knew people were put on water restriction like that. we use way too much water in the summer cuz my dad is a garden freak. he'll use it all on the yard and our yard is HUGE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 We don't have any water restrictions here. But where I live sometimes the sprinklers come on right after it rains..wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamBec88 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 They're cutting off water to some farmers soon.. like, saying they can't use it anymore. Things are getting crazy. Don't water grass.. such a waste. I feel bad for kids who are missing out on the childhood water play.. like, you know, sliding around on water and detergent on a tarp, playing with a hose.. whatever. Australia will probably become extinct.. we'll all die of thirst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 i wish they would get rid of pools. then i wouldn't be forced to swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJess Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Las Vegas is. The lake is really low and even during monsoon season we don't catch up, and our monsoon season is BAD. But yeah, we actually have watering groups here, so you're only allowed to use sprinklers/hoses on certain days at certain times. For example, Group A can water Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after 7 in the evening. There's like 6 groups I think. But nobody is allowed to water before 4 in the afternoon. Also, all the car washed recycle their water and we have "splash pads" at the county parks here, which is like a mini water park, and those all have basins under them which recycles the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Night Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Yeah, where i live we are. we can only water on certain days for a certain amount of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashedROCKSTAR Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 We were on water restrictions the one summer...my dad didn't like listening to them because he didn't want his grass to get ruined hahahahah. He thought he was special or something. But it's actually been raining a lot here so we haven't had any recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 we usually are at one point in the summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcblinker Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 never been on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 You'd think I'd be, because I live smack dab in the middle of a desert, but we're not. Probably because we get all our water from Colorado =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninski Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 nah, we've never had any kind of water restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParamoreRedSoxGurl Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 nope. but I live in an area that gets alot of waters, because there's tons of rivers coming down from the mountains and it always rains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeDays Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I vaguely remember once when our city was (maybe?) talking about not letting poeple use spriklers... For some reason it seems to me like they've had restrictions on sprinklers because my area is so upper-middle class suberb that EVERYONE has to have their lawns greener than the next person, meaning their sprinklers are ALWAYS on, though it's not that bad this year-we've gotten lots of rain... But pretty much every spring the river in our city floods massive, so there's not usually a problem with it. And being in Iowa, I can't see them EVER putting a restriction on water, beacuse the farmers need to do whatever they have to to keep their crops from dying... And with the ethanol being in demand like it is, that's about the dumbest thing that could be done here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xMake-A-Scenex Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Yeah.. I live in Queeensland in Australia and the water restrictions are down to level 2.. It has just now become habit to not spend longer then 4 minutes in the shower.. and not hose the garden..People are complaining about the restrictions but they won't let the government build another dam i don't get it.. if you don't want them to build another dam don't complain.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rere Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Nope, no water restrictions here. It rains waaaay too much here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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