AndyRecycled Water to Become Compulsory For Some
January 16th 2007 07:32
The West Australian reports that connection to recycled water will be mandatory for 40,000 new homes which will be built in the south east of Melbourne.
The homes will be built in a number of precincts around Cranbourne over the next 25 years and will be required to have separate pipe systems for recycled water installed.
The recycled water will only be used for the garden and flushing toilets, but would save four billion litres of drinking water annually.
The cost of the new pipe system at each home would be about $5,000, but the households would not have to install rainwater tanks and would not be subject to water restrictions.
The recycled water also will be sold at a cheaper rate than drinking water and will arrive through purple pipes and hoses fitted at homes.
This sounds like an excellent initiative and I hope we see more of these schemes in the rest of the country.
The homes will be built in a number of precincts around Cranbourne over the next 25 years and will be required to have separate pipe systems for recycled water installed.
The recycled water will only be used for the garden and flushing toilets, but would save four billion litres of drinking water annually.
The cost of the new pipe system at each home would be about $5,000, but the households would not have to install rainwater tanks and would not be subject to water restrictions.
The recycled water also will be sold at a cheaper rate than drinking water and will arrive through purple pipes and hoses fitted at homes.
This sounds like an excellent initiative and I hope we see more of these schemes in the rest of the country.
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