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There are still people in my neighbourhood who have the "grey water in use" signs for their garden. But I don't know if it'll get that bad - we have the desalination plant now... just means things will likely more expensive (watch Bunnings run a cartel on buckets now hahah)
heh and "tank water in use".
Your lawn is looking a little too green
I already use zero mains so can't wait to explain at great depth the ridiculous rainwater capture and greywater filtering system I built...
God, that was a time wasn't it - the constant articles about whether it was "Australian to dob a neighbour in", the side-long glances people would get for clearly using rainwater while everyone else was taking 2-minute showers. Updates on how low the reserves are. Geez... I do not miss that.
I only arrived in Australia at the tail end of the millennium drought, would you say the communal behaviour was similar to Covid?
This is a great question! I reckon a little? But I would put it down to a couple of things - one is that I feel Covid's sudden onset and danger was far better received from a "people need to sort their shit out" perspective. But also I feel like socially-speaking people are more altruistic compared with back then.
That's interesting you said that last line, given how many lament that society is even more prone to groupthink and less charitable compared to even 2 decades ago. It'll be interesting to see how society reacts over the next few summers
Washing a car with a hose
Jail.
Doing anything with a hose..
Also jail.
The great garden bong drought of the 00s.
aktually.. no one was using them soo...
It did ease the pain but you can't feed plants dopamine.