Queensland Water Crisis
Good morning ladies and gentlemen I am here today to discuss the water crises for south east Queensland, this is an issue which is related to the topic of environmental economics a Very important issue that is not only affecting the south east region of Australia but all of our country in some way. This seminar will also evaluate this water crisis using criteria to provide recommendations to the state government
Key issues
Water is our most precious natural resource. As well as supporting life itself and the health of the environment, water underpins social and economic development across the state. Water supplies right throughout Queensland are desperately low, particularly in the rapidly growing and heavily populated southeast Queensland …show more content…
The Coalition’s solution will focus on building the dams that have been planned for many years, and which the Beattie Labour Government has promised to build… but never did. Brisbane is running out of water. All levels of government are fully aware and deeply concerned. They have spent a lot of money urging everyone to save water. So far they have saved about two weeks worth, a very solid effort by everyone but simply not …show more content…
The majority of the blame should be on the Government however the consumers are not without fault. For years people have wasted water and still do, thinking it will last forever when clearly it won’t. They washed their cemented areas and had lengthy showers without a thought for the future.
The businesses are worse Wasting up to 110 litres of South East Queensland’s water per day each for things they don’t even need. The vast majority of water in Australia though is used in agricultural production as can be seen from the Chart, two-thirds of the water consumed is used in this sector, using up to 70% of Australia’s water Supply just on their plants. If the level of wastage of water was to be reduced by only 10%, the total amount available would be doubled. They are wasting the city’s water and the government is allowing it to happen.
North Queensland has a lot of water, due to this more people from down south are beginning and wanting to move to far north Queensland simply because of its high rainfall average per year making it nearly impossible to go through the crises that south east Queensland is going through
Key issues
Water is our most precious natural resource. As well as supporting life itself and the health of the environment, water underpins social and economic development across the state. Water supplies right throughout Queensland are desperately low, particularly in the rapidly growing and heavily populated southeast Queensland …show more content…
The Coalition’s solution will focus on building the dams that have been planned for many years, and which the Beattie Labour Government has promised to build… but never did. Brisbane is running out of water. All levels of government are fully aware and deeply concerned. They have spent a lot of money urging everyone to save water. So far they have saved about two weeks worth, a very solid effort by everyone but simply not …show more content…
The majority of the blame should be on the Government however the consumers are not without fault. For years people have wasted water and still do, thinking it will last forever when clearly it won’t. They washed their cemented areas and had lengthy showers without a thought for the future.
The businesses are worse Wasting up to 110 litres of South East Queensland’s water per day each for things they don’t even need. The vast majority of water in Australia though is used in agricultural production as can be seen from the Chart, two-thirds of the water consumed is used in this sector, using up to 70% of Australia’s water Supply just on their plants. If the level of wastage of water was to be reduced by only 10%, the total amount available would be doubled. They are wasting the city’s water and the government is allowing it to happen.
North Queensland has a lot of water, due to this more people from down south are beginning and wanting to move to far north Queensland simply because of its high rainfall average per year making it nearly impossible to go through the crises that south east Queensland is going through