Marrickville Council has organised another Water Sustainability Urban Design (WSUD) tour in the local area, and we’re one of the stops. The purpose of these tours is to show local residents some of the many ways of saving water. In our case, it’s our water tank, irrigation system, and permaculture garden sufficient to meet our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘water tanks’
Visit our house (and others) on the next Marrickville Council WSUD tour
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged irrigation, marrickville council, water, water tanks, wsud on November 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Plenty of rain, but to no avail
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged gutters, water tanks on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s very frustrating. It’s absolutely pouring down at the moment, flooding the street and the garden, but the water tank is barely filling up. So we’ve spent the money, and put in a great tank. What it now highlights is the problems with the existing house. In particular: The side gutter is hanging off the [...]
Water sustainable urban development: tour through Marrickville
Posted in Growing our own food, Local issues, Saving the environment, tagged lewisham, marrickville, newtown, rain garden, sustainability, water tanks, wsud on October 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spent an enjoyable morning today, visiting local houses who are saving water in interesting ways, as well as looking at some “rain gardens” in the street. (Our house was also the last stop on the tour, showing off what we’d done in the garden.) The Water Sustainable Urban Development (WSUD) tour was organised by [...]
