Tram Town
Thursday, April 07, 2005
| Category: Water I am beginning to look like a complete idiot on this water thing. It seems that the Thomson dam was full to overflowing in January 1996 and Melbourne water made $700,000 by reducing the storage to 75% by letting water go through its hydro plant. By geez, that vegitation grows back quickly. Just think, though, of the pain caused by that $700,000 for Melbourne Water users. Never, never let a full Thomson disappear again and always remember the Chinatown story. As stated by the TTT in April 2003: Mr Young said the Thomson Dam was full and overflowing when the continuous release of water began on November 11, 1996. The water release was stopped when the dam was 75.4 per cent full on October 7 the following year. Today it is just 34.7 per cent full.November the eleventh. Maintain your rage! UPDATE: Of course we have to remember that power supplied at the supplier's discretion does nothing to help alter our base-load problems so the $700,000 is funny money just like the money paid to wind turbine operators. |
