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class=109375022-16022011>Indeed, and for most of the world it is already
critical. And future wars are as likely to be over water as oil.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=109375022-16022011>But,
while we are already doing something about it - we have water restrictions and
all new single-residence construction in this state is required to have
rainwater harvesting - that is not the same as going off the mains. The
latter is a more expensive undertaking, and people do it becuase it is a
good thing to do, essentially an intellectual exercise. I would never
encourage a client to take that path, and I have never made provision for
it. The current job I am on may eventually go off the mains. The tank is
probably big enough and may never be filled the way things are planned, so the
first step is to bring more roof area to it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109375022-16022011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
recent floods here have been pretty bad, the worst on record in some parts, but
not that unusual and all part of the cycle. They say all droughts eventually
break, usually with a flood, and the longer the drought the bigger the flood
will be. This is the "sunburnt country, of droughts and flooding rains" it
is even in our literature and it is just part of living down here in
God's Own - crocodiles and all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Nick Pyner<BR><BR>Dee Why NSW </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Sacie Lambertson
[mailto:sacie.lambertson@gmail.com]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Without question water
supply, the amount of water available, is going to be critical in the years
ahead. Likely not in our lifetime, but in our childrens'. Call it
saving for the future.<BR><BR>Australians who live in the dry outback have
successfully used water catchment systems for generations. I imagine
they have mixed feelings about the flooding in the NE parts of that country,
brown snakes, crocs and all.
Sacie<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>