Save Water: Shame on Sydney Water

When driving through Kensington yesterday, I was appalled at the lack of respect Sydney Water have for our (and their) most precious commodity – water.

I don’t doubt for a moment that there was a reasonable explanation for what I saw, however, the wastage was disgraceful. Water was being pumped out of two locations, (within 50 metres of each), and allowed to run into the storm water drains.

Yesterday’s temparature in Sydney was in the mid 20’s and most people who live in that particular street have gardens and lawns in their front yard. I am certain they would have probably watered them that afternoon, if they had not done so that morning.

Wouldn’t it have made a lot of sense to route the water onto residents front gardens, or have it pumped into containers on trucks to be utilised in local areas that are really suffering from water shortages, rather than let it wastefully run down the drains?

Christine Watson

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