Soooooo, how's this weather?

[CENTURION]

Tuesday Feb 19, 10.17am I posted.
another one of my bugbears! If they can pump water IN to the reservoirs why can't they reverse the flow when they are full?

[dedja]

we were too busy pumping water from the Murray to notice any rain ...

[CENTURION]

didn't rain here!

[Ian]

again, remind me of what happens to the water that is "wasted" (your words) when it falls in South australia?. My Auntie told me she had 30mm of rain in the barossa last week, what did you do with that water, as an example? Seen as you seem to be quick in telling other states what they should do with that water that falls on their ground? Yet you (SA, not you personally) cant come with a solution to the same situation in the state that is complaining??

What does your government plan to do with the water that is a run off for the rain that is falling in the state today 25/2/13?

waiting for your reply........................ , but i am sure you will continue to blame other states for it, yet cant come up with a solution for the same problem in SA.....hmmmmmm

unfortunately we don't have the geography to be able to just build dams anywhere to catch water.

I know it's only relatively small scale but it all helps, Salisbury Council some time ago and now a lot of golf courses are putting in wet lands to capture, naturally filter the storm water, store it and use it for irrigation of parks and golf courses, that is all water that would have ran out to sea complete with all of the pollutants that were picked up on the way.

[Ian]

didn't rain here!

4.1 mm in my gauge when I got home, not that much at work though. My new rain water tank finally has enough water to be able to turn the taps on and get something out.

[Ian]

My Auntie told me she had 30mm of rain in the barossa last week

That was probably very isolated, where I live in Adelaide we tend to get more than a lot of other Adelaide suburbs, I empty my gauge first thing in the morning, so far this year I have taken out

Jan 12th, 0.3 mm
Jan 13th, 0.1mm
Jan 14th, 9.1mm
Feb 1st, 5.3mm

Tomorrow I will take out 4.1mm if we don't get any more overnight, that's a grand total of 19.9mm in 56 days, or 71 days if you count the last 15 days of 2012 with no rainfall

[dedja]

office rainfall at Kent Town is 1.8mm since 9am

[CENTURION]

office rainfall at Kent Town is 1.8mm since 9am

your office?

[dedja]

faarken iPhone ... OFFICIAL

[Ian]

and Airport is 3.8, we're about 1 /12 km from their weather station

[Bully]

So the believers that all other states should do this and that with the water that falls in a different state other then their own ,been in contact with the Western Australia government to "suggest" ways of using the water from cyclone rusty to pump it to south Australia as yet ?

[The Sleeping Giant]

Port hedland hasn't had that much rain yet. Only 80mm over 3 days. It will be the 10m tide that floods them.

[Ian]

Bully, the only thing people are asking for is water that falls in a catchment area be allowed to travel through the full length of that catchment as nature intended, most of the other crap you are suggesting is your words, not posters living in SA, about time you got over your QLD is mightier and more dererving than everyone syndrome

[Ian]

it's raining in the Riverland ATM, wont make it to the river though, the ground is like a dry dusty sponge

[Bully]

Bully, the only thing people are asking for is water that falls in a catchment area be allowed to travel through the full length of that catchment as nature intended, most of the other crap you are suggesting is your words, not posters living in SA, about time you got over your QLD is mightier and more dererving than everyone syndrome :roll:

and you arent doing the same thing???? of course not
I think you will also find, there has been posts on this topic about building water pipes from northern australia (NO WHERE NEAR THE MURRAY CATCHMENTS) about helping SA. So yeah.............

I love my home state, but due to the attitude of most down there, this is the reason a lot of things dont happen or get off the ground, too much complaining and talk, and no action

[Ian]

I did mention the pipeline from WA was a concept that had been discussed in the past but was found to be too expensive, I haven't said it should happen, just let a fair percentage of what falls in a catchment flow the full length of that catchment (that goes for all states, SA included

[Swamp Donkey]

Tuesday Feb 19, 10.17am I posted.
another one of my bugbears! If they can pump water IN to the reservoirs why can't they reverse the flow when they are full?

The rivers below them, like the Murray below NSW and Vic storages, also require flows to maintain their ecological health.

[Swamp Donkey]

and even more in NSW! wasted, pouring out to sea. The Warragamba dam is now over-flowing. SURELY the control of flood waters can be better managed than they are at the moment!
Furthermore, the QLD government is now looking at ways to reduce/stop the flow of water into Lake Eyre!

again, remind me of what happens to the water that is "wasted" (your words) when it falls in South australia?. My Auntie told me she had 30mm of rain in the barossa last week, what did you do with that water, as an example? Seen as you seem to be quick in telling other states what they should do with that water that falls on their ground? Yet you (SA, not you personally) cant come with a solution to the same situation in the state that is complaining??

What does your government plan to do with the water that is a run off for the rain that is falling in the state today 25/2/13?

waiting for your reply........................ , but i am sure you will continue to blame other states for it, yet cant come up with a solution for the same problem in SA.....hmmmmmm

It may have something to do with the fact when QLD gets 1200mm rainfall per year compared to Adelaide 500mm.

I guess we could all build on a sub-tropical, high-risk flood plain area and complain and cry to the rest of Australia when we get flooded cos we're not willing to fork out forflood cover in our home and contents insurance. Or we can suggest ways to divert and store water more appropriately that would minimise the flood risk to QLD and benefit communities down stream in the Murray.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Pardoo roadhouse is getting it's annual smashing from a cyclone.

[The Ash Man]

6.6mm here at Redwood Park