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...South Wales, the residents of Goulburn are also weighing up the assurances of experts. The town's main dam dried up in April and two others are less than a third full. Outdoor water use is banned, and since 2002, residents have halved their personal consumption to 150 liters a day. New bores, a $A1 million-a-week cartage scheme and an emergency pipeline have all been readied, but Mayor Paul Stephenson says recycling has to top the long-term list: "The only way we can really be sure that we never go through this again is to reuse water...
...Toowoomba and Goulburn opt to make Australian history, they won't be global pioneers. Some U.S. cities have had similar schemes for years, and since 2003, Singapore has been adding treated wastewater to its reservoirs, the quality of its NEWater exceeding World Health Organization guidelines. Greg Leslie, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of N.S.W., worked on Singapore's scheme with engineering firm CH2M HILL, which is proposing to upgrade Toowoomba's sewage-treatment plant. Leslie thinks objections raised to such schemes in Australia verge on hysteria. "I can't fathom anyone in their right mind saying they...
...Neutral Bay and Pyrmont. It built some of the city's greatest landmarks: the Town Hall, the Queen Victoria Building, St. Mary's and St. Andrew's cathedrals. Granite came from as far away as Scotland, sitting as ballast in passenger and cargo ships; later it was quarried at Goulburn outside Sydney, and on the southern New South Wales coast at Moruya, which provided the stone for the pylons of the Harbour Bridge...
...Goulburn, Australia...
Beaut. In Goulburn, New South Wales, Contestant Frederick Newling outglamored eleven girls, managed to reach the finals of a "lovely legs" contest...
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