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MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING:
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 1409
Water conservation - Public Areas
Mr Cornwell asked the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning - In relation to the ACTEW Authority drive to conserve water -
(1) Why were the lawn sprinklers operating for 5.5 hours on 26 August at the Garran Shops?
(2) Is the ACT Parks and Conservation Service aware of ACTEWs water-saving strategy and if so, what are they doing to assist?
(3) Is it intended to reduce the time sprinkler systems operating in public areas and if not, why not?
(4) What steps have been taken to ensure that sprinkler systems do not operate during periods of rain or immediately after rain?
(5) In the event of rain, what process is involved in turning off sprinklers already in action?
Mr Wood - The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) Trees in this area were showing signs of water stress and needed a good deep watering.
This area is watered by a manual pop-up system, and is in three sections. It requires the gardening staff to travel to Garran and manually turn the water on and off three times to water the whole area. This was done over the five and a half hour period on 26 August.
(2) ACT Parks and Conservation Service officers have assisted ACTEW in developing these water saving strategies and are actively involved in joint promotions with them. .
City Parks and ACTEW, along with CIT and ACT Landscape have planned and constructed a Xeriscape Garden at Weston which is open to the community. This garden demonstrates to home owners how to save water in their gardens, ACTEW are using David Young, a City Parks officer, as a televising presenter for a series of water saving tips for the Canberra community.
Other areas where ACT Parks and Conservation and ACTEW are working ccoperatively are in the sewerage mining project at Southwell Park, and the use of water from the Point Hut Retention Pond for the irrigation of Conder playing fields and Lanyon High School.
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