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Utopia Landscape Design
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Waterwise watering
As responsible gardeners and home owners, what can we to
conserve water or take full advantage of the water we do
use in the garden ? The following list is a good start.
- Use a tap timer or a programmed watering system.
Forgotten sprinklers waste an enormous amount of water.
- Water less often but more deeply. Do not give the garden
a light spray daily. It discourages the development of the
deep roots that make your plants more robust.
- If an automatic irrigation system is installed, add a
rain switch to avoid water in or soon after rain.
- Choose more drought tolerant lawn species such as Empire
or Wintergreen. Don't cut lawns too short.
- If necessary, allow the lawn to dry off in summer. It
will green up again quickly when it rains.
- Mulch all garden beds thickly and add plenty of compost
to the soil to allow the water to penetrate easily. If the
soil is persistently water resistant (Hydrophobic) ie if the
water runs off and isn't absorbed into the soil, you could
use a wetting agent.
- In urban areas, consider installing a rainwater tank to
collect water for use on the garden.
- Dig in the garden to check water penetration of the soil,
this will indicate whether to water more or less.
- As a rule of thumb, most gardens and lawns can be watered
for 20 minutes once a week in cooler months and twice a week
in warm to hot weather.
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Current restrictions Level 5
Includes:
Total ban on hosing and sprinklers
Bucket watering 4 - 7pm odd or even days
Watering not permitted Monday
Use rain water or grey water anytime
Top up pool from town water only if:
water tank fitted
r/water diverter fitted
pool cover fitted
water efficient toilet, taps, shower head fitted
New pools only to be filled from water sources not
on level 5 water restrictions (by truck)
Water Tanks
Rebates of approx. $750 are currently available through most
local councils. Call Brisbane city council on 07 3403 8888
A state govt. rebate of $1000 also applies. A 5000L water
tank and suitable pump can be purchased for approx. $1200
Water wise tips
Download these tips in pdf form here and print them out!
 waterwise.pdf
Get Acrobat Reader.
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