WATER CRISIS

这两天看新闻都是有关东南昆士兰WATER CRISIS的报道。居住在昆州六年多的我，头一次感觉到水的危机。记得出国前，对缺水问题早就习以为常了，因为飞鸟的家乡历来缺水，对小区限时限量供水早已经习惯了。连早上五点或半夜两三点爬起来接水，都是寻常事一桩！家里的大大小小储水桶，也占据了厨房大量的地盘。更不用提因为不定点供水给洗澡带来的不便了！

来了澳洲生活以后，为这里丰富的水资源感到高兴，再也不用考虑缺水的问题了！可是，看来飞鸟还是高兴的太早了！因为最近昆州尤其东南昆士兰，内外移民的大量涌入，城市规模加大，人口激增的同时又赶上连年少雨的气候，负责供水的WIVENHOE DAM的水位目前已经下降到六年来的历史最低点，目前的水位只有29%(虽然这个长周末一场大雨算是增加了一点储量，但也只是上升到30%而已)。政府已经决定于下周二开始正式的节水计划，所有的庭院都将不再允许用水喉直接灌溉了。一直以来，水况比起墨尔本和悉尼都好些的布里斯班，终于也面临了水患的危机，这是和大家的生活密切相关的问题，民众也都很关注。

据说还需要至少100毫米的雨量才可以结束这场昆州水危机。我想，每个人也该有意识的开始节约用水了。想起以前飞鸟也曾浪费水的行为，也不禁汗颜。对于昆州政府来说，也许这次的水患能够提醒他们来更好的关注能源和城市规模增长所带来的矛盾，为东南昆士兰的长久发展制定出更明智的政策。

[棕色季节]

最近悉尼总下雨， 但据说都顺着排污系统跑掉了，没有灌进储水池，可惜啊。

[flyingbird68]

老汉：你好！很久不见了，我也很想念窝棚的大家。
听闻你最近又在新浪上开了博，佩服佩服。有机会定去捧场。
飞鸟

[春天里的老汉]

小飞你好啊，好久不见了，大家都很想念你。呵呵。

[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.