We drove down to the river today for a quick visit. Along the way the result of a long and extremely warm summer was noticeable.
Everything was dried up and brown.
We drove through little downs with merely more than a pub.
The river was beautiful and peaceful.
But it's dying fast. The water level used to be 30 cm under the floor of the jetti 7 years ago. The water level has actually gone down more than 50cm in the last year alone. It's being sucked dry by industries upstream producing shit that's non-native to Australia in places that obviously don't have enough water by themselves.
Enjoy it while it lasts my friends...
Adelaide also uses water from the Murray as a source of drinking water. It's very clever. Adelaide is right next to the ocean, but instead of desalinating and using that water they created a pipeline kilometres long...
At least our reservoirs are reasonably well filled.
We drove down to the river today for a quick visit. Along the way the result of a long and extremely warm summer was noticeable.
Everything was dried up and brown.
We drove through little downs with merely more than a pub.
The river was beautiful and peaceful.
But it's dying fast. The water level used to be 30 cm under the floor of the jetti 7 years ago. The water level has actually gone down more than 50cm in the last year alone. It's being sucked dry by industries upstream producing shit that's non-native to Australia in places that obviously don't have enough water by themselves.
Enjoy it while it lasts my friends...
Adelaide also uses water from the Murray as a source of drinking water. It's very clever. Adelaide is right next to the ocean, but instead of desalinating and using that water they created a pipeline kilometres long...
At least our reservoirs are reasonably well filled.
1 comment:
Ja, die lange pijpleiding kan ik mij nog goed herinneren. Over landschapvervuiling gesproken.
Zonde dat de rivier langzaam opdroogd.
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