WATER CRISIS

這兩天看新聞都是有關東南昆士蘭WATER CRISIS的報道。居住在昆州六年多的我，頭一次感覺到水的危機。記得出國前，對缺水問題早就習以為常了，因為飛鳥的家鄉曆來缺水，對小區限時限量供水早已經習慣了。連早上五點或半夜兩三點爬起來接水，都是尋常事一樁！家裏的大大小小儲水桶，也占據了廚房大量的地盤。更不用提因為不定點供水給洗澡帶來的不便了！

來了澳洲生活以後，為這裏豐富的水資源感到高興，再也不用考慮缺水的問題了！可是，看來飛鳥還是高興的太早了！因為最近昆州尤其東南昆士蘭，內外移民的大量湧入，城市規模加大，人口激增的同時又趕上連年少雨的氣候，負責供水的WIVENHOE DAM的水位目前已經下降到六年來的曆史最低點，目前的水位隻有29%(雖然這個長周末一場大雨算是增加了一點儲量，但也隻是上升到30%而已)。政府已經決定於下周二開始正式的節水計劃，所有的庭院都將不再允許用水喉直接灌溉了。一直以來，水況比起墨爾本和悉尼都好些的布裏斯班，終於也麵臨了水患的危機，這是和大家的生活密切相關的問題，民眾也都很關注。

據說還需要至少100毫米的雨量才可以結束這場昆州水危機。我想，每個人也該有意識的開始節約用水了。想起以前飛鳥也曾浪費水的行為，也不禁汗顏。對於昆州政府來說，也許這次的水患能夠提醒他們來更好的關注能源和城市規模增長所帶來的矛盾，為東南昆士蘭的長久發展製定出更明智的政策。

[棕色季節]

最近悉尼總下雨， 但據說都順著排汙係統跑掉了，沒有灌進儲水池，可惜啊。

[flyingbird68]

老漢：你好！很久不見了，我也很想念窩棚的大家。
聽聞你最近又在新浪上開了博，佩服佩服。有機會定去捧場。
飛鳥

[春天裏的老漢]

小飛你好啊，好久不見了，大家都很想念你。嗬嗬。

[flyingbird68]

Hi wenxuecheng2006:
Thanks for coming and the comments.Energy crisis is the crucial probelm for 21 centuary,not only australia or US. Welcome all related comments on this issue.

BTW,I havn't decide when to the US yet, all up to my schedule.I have lots of old and new friends in states,would be nice to catch up.

[wenxuecheng2006]

By the way, when do you plan to come to the State? And how long would the trip be? What other plans besides visiting your nephew?

[wenxuecheng2006]

It is an issue we deal with every summer here in the State. I remember last year there was a sign saying"people on the bottom of the hill, please use water efficiently." That is from people live on top of the hill, obviously they have trouble having water pumping up the hill.

It would be nice to have this forum into some discussion like this, I am sure everyone wants to put their opinion out there.