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     yogiinoz
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Username: yogiinoz
Post Number: 2388
Registered: 10-2002Rating: N/A
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| | Monday, October 15, 2007 - 11:55 pm: |  
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Hi folks,
Did you know that we have been pumping water from Perth to Kalgoorlie,
which is 360 metres above sea level, for over 100 years !~!
Imagine, how much water and energy we can save, if we could REVERSE
that flow ..... there would be a torrent of water flowing into our
parched reservoirs in Perth and other dry capitals, throughout
Australia can also be supplied, with some of the sweetest water,
that you have ever tasted !~!
Described as the largest infrastructure project, since the Snowy River
Scheme, Reticulate Australia has the potential to bring into reality
the dreams of forward-thinkers, like Ernie Bridge, billionaire
Richard Pratt and C.Y. O'Connor ....
From the Ord River dam in the Kimberley, let's build a SHORT link to
the NORTHERN Officer Basin to MAINTAIN underground reserves in and
then another pipeline from SOUTHERN Officer Basin to Kalgoorlie, and
on to Perth and the dry interior of the South-west wheatbelt.
Fill the old gold mining pits and regional dams to optimum levels to
encourage local industry, leisure and tourism activities.
Another line from the Officer Basin to be run EASTWARDS, in tandem
with a GAS pipeline from Kalgoorlie and/or Canning Basin onshore
gasfields to the Palm Valley gasfields, the onwards to Alice Springs
and Moomba.
From there, both water and gas can be distributed in this dual-pipe
configuration to link with established networks and create new links
to critical dams and reservoirs at the head of our failing eastern
waterways.
We have the WATER and GAS , we have the technology, let's get a
committment from the pollies to stand up and lobby for a common-sense
approach to maintaining water and energy, throughout Australia.
Towing icebergs from Antarctica or giant desalination plants are NOT
the answer for drought-proofing Australia ..... instead, we have a
PROVEN underground resource of potable water, in the Officer Basin,
more than THREE times the size of Sydney Harbour ... and a means to
CONTINUALLY replenish that underground storage to give us a PERMANENT
water supply, Australia-wide !~!
Imagine the benefits to farmers across the nation, a water supply,
that never runs dry!! Fill Cubbie Station catchments, with a mandate
to maintain water flows, in the Darling River system ... it CAN be DONE !~!
Broadacre irrigation to ensure a bumper cotton and grain crops along
the Darling River system ... EVERY YEAR!!
Open up new land that was previously marginal, due to lack of water.
and fill the Western Lakes Districts of Victoria again, to optimal
levels.
Without any treatment, the water quality is much better, than that
delivered to Adelaide, for example and if our federal government does
not take the initiative, then the states will eventually be forced
into tapping this resource, anyway. If that happens, it will take a
lot longer to complete the national grid, as it will be a fragmented
approach.
Get involved, have your say about the advancement of a pipeline
network that will drought-proof Australia and provide cheap energy
nationwide.
In this election year, let's get a commitment from the politicians
to build a national gas and water grid ... once and for all, let's
drought-proof this country and finally Reticulate Australia, with
BOTH GAS and WATER ... !~!
have a great day
paul
P.S. .....
Rudd has already indicated, that WATER will be an election issue.
Let's see if either major party has the political gumption to support
the BIGGEST infrastructure project, that Australia has ever seen !~!
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moldy
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Username: moldy
Post Number: 53
Registered: 11-2004
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| | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 11:39 am: |
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I have just had a look on Google Earth, and a few of the mountain ranges south of Argile Dam are over 500m, you only have to get the water up there and gravity will do the rest. Doesn't seem real tricky to me, I would rather have the water in the right places, than a $50 Tax cut.
Moldy
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ohkoolnutz
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Username: ohkoolnutz
Post Number: 672
Registered: 10-2005
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| | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 12:30 pm: |
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I would rather let nature decide where the water accumulates. Desalination has its effects and so does piping. Maybe we should curb our usage, provide more re-cycling infrastructure and implement the one-child policy to curb the human virus.
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ohk
Lies, Damn Lies and Technical Analysis
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davkell
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Username: davkell
Post Number: 544
Registered: 07-2004
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| | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 12:15 am: |
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Years ago, they suggested building a pipeline from the Ord Minnett dam in the north west of Australia to the Eastern states, for a cost of several million dollars. That was quashed as unneccessary and too expensive! Now, it is necessary and will cost in the Billions of dollars! Still, I'd forego my tax cut too to build the pipeline. Three ducts into the Murray, NSW, VIC & SA should do the trick.
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