Most of Perth’s water comes from the Gnangara groundwater mound (aquifer), stretching from north of Perth to the Swan River, as far south as Fremantle.
The Gnangara Mound is an important source of water for public water supply, irrigated agriculture, parks and gardens, industry and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Groundwater levels across the Gnangara Mound have generally [...]
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Perth’s shrinking Groundwater
Posted in Perth, tagged agriculture, government, greenwash, groundwater, industry, mining, Recycling, saving water, Water, water tank, Western Australia on 3 August 2008 | 4 Comments »
April Showers
Posted in Perth, tagged agriculture, Australia, rainfall, Weather on 9 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Perth has just had the wettest April on record. (Rainfall records in Perth commenced in 1876.) The Bureau of Meteorology said,
As an example of the relatively dry period that Perth has been experiencing in recent decades, the breaking of the April rainfall record is the first occurrence of a monthly rainfall record in any autumn [...]
Swales Saving Water
Posted in Australia, books, tagged agriculture, permaculture, salinity, saving water, Water, World Vision on 17 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
Every now and then I borrow The Earth Garden Water Book from the library and dream about the things I could do if I had a block of land. A few months ago I did this and came across swales. I loved the sound of the word and decided I wanted a swale. Unfortunately I [...]
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"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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