Government failure to identify
worst-case
scenarios for rainfall and inflows
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Government
has used "mild" climate change assumptions. Should instead assume
failure of the reservoir system within a very short
period.
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Definition of water for
“Critical Human Needs”
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Who
will
qualify for the new federal water rationing system? A new chapter of
economic decision-making that needs community attention.
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Groundwater Modelling
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How
can we
allocate groundwater when we don't even know how it works?
Experts scratch their heads, yet it could be our saviour.
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Stormwater Capture
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Stormwater
pilot projects (e.g. Bendigo) could be fast-tracked to greatly increase
water security for 100,000 people.
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Implications for Local Government
& Emergency Management
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What
happens
when water supplies run out? Have local governments really assessed
this threat? Are we going to evacuate cities? Has anyone asked you?
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Food Security policy
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Australia
has
muddled through, relying on imports for its Food Security. As
market and financial systems collapse, how do we "re-organise" to grow
our food locally? How grossly have "market forces" overlooked this need?
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Re-evaluation of total economic
structure
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New
currency systems based on barter and gold may be the only solution in
the wake of financial market collapse.
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Change needed in “Water
Politics” & Communication
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A challenge is laid before the Australian people. Get involved in water,
and work with an ethos of "peacemaking". We can establish a new "water and food
justice" system that is even better than the UN Declaration of Human
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