OK been awhile, but I have gone a little blog crazy today....
Yesterday our 24,000 litre rain water tank arrived, to be connected up next week - very exciting!
This will be added to the 3 existing 1400 litre tanks we have. When we are finished they will all be hooked up to the big'un and a pump will ensure that the rain water is pumped into the house for us to use.
Since we don't use that much water on watering our garden, we aim to get 6-8 months a year running on rain water.
What really bugs me is when you mention to people you are going to set up to use rain water you get..."why? It isn't like water costs that much? You still have to pay service fees and stuff."
Yep you do and yep water doesn't cost much right now, but I'm not sure it will stay that way.
Besides this isn't so much about the money we might save but more about trying to use the rainwater and take less out of our dying Murray water system. Don't get me wrong we are not labouring under any illusions that the small bit of water we use will suddenly resurrect the Murray if we are not taking it. We also recognise how much water industry and farming use and that individual home owners usage is really a drop in the ocean.
BUT every little bit has to help, and even if it doesn't amount for much in real terms right now, perhaps the message it sends to our kids about trying to be mindful of ways that we can better use our resources, will have a bigger impact in the future.
If all of our kids were learning the lessons of renewable energy resources, electricity audits on home power use, how to collect and save water for the times when it isn't so abundant, then just maybe we might make some bigger steps in the future than we are doing right now. The apathetic amongst us certainly are not leading the charge for future action now, are they?
Next stop solar panels!
