Bushfires and water tanks
Smoke, debris and ash from a bushfire can contaminate water tanks. Sources of contamination can include dead animals, and debris or ash washed off the roof and into the tank when it rains. Bushfires generate large amounts of smoke, debris and ... [... more]
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Water tanks and dams - safety tips
If you obtain your drinking water from bores, rivers, dams or rainwater tanks. You should take special care to make sure that this water is safe to drink. Contaminated water can cause serious illness. Most Victorians obtain their drinking water ... [... more]
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Farm safety - confined spaces
Enclosed structures on farms such as water tanks or manure pits can suffocate a person with vapours or low oxygen levels. Without a suitable rescue plan and safety equipment, rescuers seeking to assist someone collapsed inside a confined space ... [... more]
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Chemicals - coping with spray drift
Sprayed chemicals can drift over neighbouring properties, waterways and water tanks, and can affect human health, animals or the environment. Health impacts of exposure depend on how and where the chemical is applied, the amount of drift and the ... [... more]
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Stainless Steel Rain Water Tanks
It is mind blowing to think of how much water runs off our roofs every time it rains, never to be seen again. Our roofs are an incredible resource. Just imagine having your own rainwater tank and how valuable that would be. Rather than being at ... [... more]
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The King Family Garden
During the last stage of the new King family water wise garden, the garden company revealed the garden design and left a huge hole in the garden ready for a recycled water tank. The guys from VersiTank have come to the party with a new water ... [... more]
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Capturing Rainwater
One way to guarantee your garden will survive summer is to harvest rainwater and use it on your plants. The trouble is you need a rain water tank and then you have to get it to you garden which usually involves a special tap timer or controller ... [... more]
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Mount Annan Botanic Gardens
A water tanks can help take the pressure off our damns but what sort of plants can you plant in your garden to make the most out of the water you collect? Mount Annan Botanical Gardens have developed what they are calling "The Big Ideas Garden" [... more]
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