Water Complaint
I can't believe in this age of evolving technology that Australia, which is surrounded by water, is suffering water shortages. One would think that our politicians would be looking for ways to turn the sea water that surrounds us into drinking water and pour it into our catchments to fulfil our needs. You just need to do a search on the Internet, and within a few seconds you will be directed to a BBC report dated September 7, 2004, that outlines the "water factory" that has been built in southwest Israel.
This water factory is turning sea water from the Red Sea into drinking water for the people of Israel. This technology is called reverse osmosis. Essentially this involves water being pushed through a membrane or filter at very high pressure. This process removes the salt and other particles from the sea water and turns it into clean water that is fit for drinking. It is possibly even better and cleaner than our normal drinking water.
This water factory is estimated to be producing 100 million cubic metres of clean water a year and supplying one seventh of Israel's population with their drinking water. Six of these water factories would supply metropolitan Melbourne with its average water usage. Add a few more in rural Victoria and you also have the farmers covered.
Connect them to our current water catchments and seeing as Australia is "girt by sea", we would have a neverending supply of clean drinking water, for us and our farmers. Now I may not be a politician, nor do I have a degree in astrophysics. But if a small country like Israel can come up with a means of filtering and delivering sea water to its population, then why can't Australia do the same?
Maybe our politicians should stop sending troops to fight American battles, and instead put that wasted money into water purification plants.
This water factory is turning sea water from the Red Sea into drinking water for the people of Israel. This technology is called reverse osmosis. Essentially this involves water being pushed through a membrane or filter at very high pressure. This process removes the salt and other particles from the sea water and turns it into clean water that is fit for drinking. It is possibly even better and cleaner than our normal drinking water.
This water factory is estimated to be producing 100 million cubic metres of clean water a year and supplying one seventh of Israel's population with their drinking water. Six of these water factories would supply metropolitan Melbourne with its average water usage. Add a few more in rural Victoria and you also have the farmers covered.
Connect them to our current water catchments and seeing as Australia is "girt by sea", we would have a neverending supply of clean drinking water, for us and our farmers. Now I may not be a politician, nor do I have a degree in astrophysics. But if a small country like Israel can come up with a means of filtering and delivering sea water to its population, then why can't Australia do the same?
Maybe our politicians should stop sending troops to fight American battles, and instead put that wasted money into water purification plants.
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