The Water Rats of Australias Water Restictions
Nothing gets me more pissed off than seeing people blatantly flaunt the laws relating to Water restrictions.
A Current Affair presented a story the other night, highlighting the downright arogance of some Australians during the current drought. Each State has imposed their own water restrictions, but some Australians are saying “stuff you! I’ll do exactly what I want and if I want to hose my house down, or wash my car in the driveway, I will”.
Tagged with the title Water Rats, these people just don’t give a dam and should be penalised and brought to justice. But as was highlighted on the Current Affair feature, nothing can be done, unless these people are caught red handed by the authorities. What The! Sydney Water had a home video of this bloke squirting his house down and still said they needed proof. A Current Affair repoter Simon Bouda offered Sydney Water their tape which would have been time coded for evidence, but still they said they needed to catch the Water Rat red handed.
What is the point of the water restrictions if we have no power to stop these scumbags? We might as well all point our middle finger and continue wasting our precious water, because the authorities just can’t and want stop these water rats.
Instead of targeting somebodys next door neighbour Simon, go for bigger fish. Industry wastes more water than anybody. Have a look in any factory and check out their water saving practices. There isn’t any! Millions of litres are running down the drains in factories all over Australia, as cooling needs and cleaning consumes thousands of litres of water every minute.
I recon I am a reasonably compliant Australian citizen. I try to do the right thing and I expect my neighbours to do the same. But, sometimes when I see other people disrespecting others and living their lives as if they don’t need to conform to what we expect, I just throw my arms up and say “that’s not fair”. But I’m reminded by something one of my kids said to me recently, while punishing him for stirring up his little brother. He said “that’s not fair”, I replied ” nothing is fair, so deal with it!”.
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