#rainwatertanks — Public Fediverse posts

For those living near a waterway with platypus they will know they are doing their bit to look after a unique part of our Australian wildlife. >>
https://theconversation.com/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy-269816
#water #creeks #rivers #platypus #tanks #ImperviousSurfaces #RainwaterTanks #StormWater #wildlife #biodiversity

How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy
#Environment #Australia #Platypus #RainwaterTanks #WaterManagement #UrbanPlanning #Biodiversity #EcoTech #WaterSecurity #Sustainability #UrbanEcology #SmartCities #Platypus #StormWater
https://the-14.com/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy/

@trib
“I'm all for regulation and safety, but this seems a touch heavy-handed and unnecessary. It's rainwater stored in concrete tanks. It doesn't get much cleaner.”

Yours doesn’t - get any cleaner - but other peoples’ may contain: 100 year old mud, 50 year old asbestos, & more recently dead possums, mice, rats, less favoured household cats as well as providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes etc. ☹️ Only partly joking here… Of course it could be better to improve the standard of theirs rather than just acknowledge the risk of those that don’t have much risk, but here we are… sorry… 😞

#publicHealth #rainwaterTanks #riskReduction

Complaints to council climb as Brisbane residents deal with stormwater runoff. But whose responsibility is it?

The Queensland summer has officially arrived, bringing its signature wild weath…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #brisbanecitycouncil #Cyclones #drainagesystem #Engineering #Flooding #Infrastructure #queenslanddevelopmentcode #rainwatertanks #Runoff #Science #Storms #Stormwater #stormwaterqueensland #weather
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/323427/

Complaints to council climb as Brisbane residents deal with stormwater runoff. But whose responsibility is it?

The Queensland summer has officially arrived, bringing its signature wild weath…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #brisbanecitycouncil #Cyclones #drainagesystem #Engineering #Flooding #Infrastructure #queenslanddevelopmentcode #rainwatertanks #Runoff #Science #Storms #Stormwater #stormwaterqueensland #weather
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/323427/

Complaints to council climb as Brisbane residents deal with stormwater runoff. But whose responsibility is it?

The Queensland summer has officially arrived, bringing its signature wild weather along with it. So, what can …
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #BrisbaneCityCouncil #Cyclones #drainagesystem #Engineering #flooding #infrastructure #queenslanddevelopmentcode #rainwatertanks #runoff #Science #STORMS #stormwater #stormwaterqueensland #weather
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/319232/