Newspaper articles and TV reports on the drought situation have been popping up like rash over the last few days.  Despite recent rainfall and the fast approach of winter there is still cause for alarm. It has been reported that water shortages facing Australia’s prime agricultural areas are worse than expected and that residents of the ACT may be completely barred from using water outdoors by July.

In Victoria we fell through the official 29.3% trigger point for stage four water restrictions, but surprisingly the state Government has ignored this fact.  The decision has attracted the ire of the citizens in the regional centre of Bendigo - whose water stores are down to an unprecedented 6.9% full!

In South East Queensland conditions are becoming ever more dire - the Queensland Water Commission have resorted to an educational campaign entitled Target 140, to encourage water saving in homes and small to medium businesses.

To be honest I feel almost guilty that Fill The Dams has drifted along anonymously for the past couple of weeks while the popular media and government agencies fret over the state of the crisis.  An extra effort will be made in the coming days to spread awareness although thankfully, one tank manufacturer yesterday expressed interest in contributing and the non-profit community group Beyond Zero Emissions has taken notice.

An interesting promotional idea for Fill The Dams has just sprung into mind which I will try to make a reality tomorrow (Thursday). Can’t give away anything yet but something might go down at Federation Square between 1pm and 2pm!