May
06
Houses: Dams Of The Future
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Councillor Debbie Blumel with Sustainable Urban Development and Technology's Justin Holbrook both say houses are a great source of catching water. Photo: Cade Mooney
May 6th, 2009
Our friends in Australia have suffered much longer than Californians when it comes to droughts. One could say that puts them out front in contemporary thinking about water conservation and innovative ideas. Credited with creating the concept of the “urban dam”, Justin Holbrook of Sustainable Urban Development and Technology (SUDTEC) is quoted almost a year ago in the Sunshine Coast Daily Online in an article titled “Houses could be the dams of the future.” Click here to read the entire article.
