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A rainwater collection system does exactly what it sounds like…collects rainwater. In Australia, the dry climate has made the use of rainwater collection tanks a practical solution to a difficult problem. You need water for many reasons besides drinking. You need water for doing your laundry, flushing toilets, watering gardens and doing a myriad of [...]
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Watering the garden allows for 20-40 per cent of a homes water usage, and most areas observes some sort of water restriction when temperatures soar. But, there's more to cutting back on water in the garden than reducing your usage. By using Rain collection systems we can save water and ensure we don't get fleeced [...]
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Water conservation is an important topic for all of us. Even if you don’t live in an area subject to freshwater shortages, billions of other people around the world do. Freshwater is one of our most precious and also our most wasted resources. Approximately 1.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking [...]
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Water water everywhere – your home uses hundreds of litres of water a day. Needless to say, water conservation, especially in Australia, is essential to ensure the health of our arid landscape. Even if you live in an eco home, you’d be amazed at just how much water you use in a day. In a [...]
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Being a gardener and based in Colorado, it has been stressful for me because this state has been experiencing a severe drought for years. Because of water scarce, the local government imposed prohibition to limit water consumption for plants and lawn. However, because I am implementing some effective strategies, My house is the only one [...]
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