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Australia introduces mandatory recycled water use |
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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In Melbourne's southeast connection to recycled water will be mandatory for 40,000 new homes. This comes as part of a Victorian government plan to tackle the water crisis, and the government estimates is will save four billion litres of drinking water every year.
The homes are expected to be built over the next 25 years in six precincts across the Cranbourne region and they will be the first to come under a new law requiring developers to install separate pipe systems for recycled water in homes. The recycled water will be used for the garden and toilet flushing.
Announcing the initiative yesterday, Water Minister John Thwaites said the cost of the new pipe system at each home would be about $5000.
The recycled water also will be sold at a cheaper rate than drinking water and will arrive through purple pipes and hoses fitted at homes.
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