Thread: Armidale almost out of water

As long as there's enough for me to have a shower. As a special favour to the locals, I'll drink beer tonight.

Whatcha doing down there Ian?
Recruiting league boys , or politicians or Tooheys new........?

Dave

Working. The curse of the drinking and non-drinking man.
Actually, I just realised, I'm not here, I'm there. Tamworth not Armadale.

The Darling river dry as truckies throat.


Thirst turns to anger as Australia's mighty river runs dry

The Malpas Dam was finished in 1968 and Armidales population was about half of what it is now.
Blaming a drought is BS, Blaming to lack of infrastructure and total lack of planning is spot on the money.
There MAY have been plenty of water storage back in the late 60's But Armidale and MOST other Australian towns and cities have pretty much doubled in size and yet there has been bugger all done about future proofing our water supplies to keep up with the growing demand.
Australia is a pretty dry continent and droughts are simply a way of life here and it is about time our governments national AND state spent some money on future/drought proofing our water supplies.

As I posted elsewhere, I was in the Hunter Valley last week and the upstream Hunter River has been pumped down to a trickle and a few waterholes. The vines are certainly not large water consumers but they still require some.

Some good news for a change.


Bore water find brings 'palpable' relief for drought, fire-ravaged Tenterfield - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Originally Posted by trout1105

The Malpas Dam was finished in 1968 and Armidales population was about half of what it is now.
Blaming a drought is BS, Blaming to lack of infrastructure and total lack of planning is spot on the money.
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Don't forget to add the brilliant stroke of genius that introduced rice and cotton as an agri-business!
Yeah .. western NSW has plenty of water for those farming practises