Water Essentials
Action Tanks Mission:
“We are committed to providing innovative and superior quality products, complete packaged systems and outstanding customer service to meet the needs of our clients and their customers in the sustainable water solutions industry”.
Global water consumption has risen almost tenfold since 1900, and many parts of the world, including many parts of Australia, are now reaching the limits of their supply. World population is expected to increase by 45% in the next thirty years (it has already tripled over the past 50 years), whilst freshwater runoff is expected to increase by 10%.
The Australian Situation
Australia is the driest populated continent on earth, (Antarctica is drier, but does not support the population of Australia), but we are the greatest consumers of water per person.
The average annual rainfall in Australia is 469mm per year, well below the global average of 746mm per year. 70% of our continent is classified as desert or semi-desert, with little or no precipitation. Our own cultural icon, the Snowy River, was reduced to about 1% of its original flow before action was taken to restore environmental flows.
On average, each Australian consumes around 100,000 litres of fresh water per year. When you factor in the water used to produce the food we eat and the products that we use in everyday life, we are each responsible for using about 1 million litres of water per year.
That’s enough to fill Sydney Harbour 48 times over! About 70% is attributed to agricultural irrigation, 9% to other rural uses, 9% to industrial uses and 12% to domestic use.
The Solution
The current situation regarding water, our consumption of water and the impact water has on our environment, society and the economy indicates a short-term view. It’s all too easy to blame someone else for the water situation – but it’s not that easy.
We each share responsibility for the sustainable management of our water resources, which means using less water at home, in the workplace, at school, on holidays, on the farm, …everyone, everywhere, every time. It’s time to become water efficient! (Source: www.savewater.com.au)
Action Tanks Complas have decades of experience in the Australian Marketplace and are leaders in the sustainable water solutions industry. Without peer, Action Tanks continues to develop and source products (local and overseas) relating to rainwater storage; rainwater harvesting; wastewater treatment systems and stormwater management.
