Month: April 2007
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The first Maroondah Environment Forum
The City of Maroondah is holding its first environment forum on Monday the 7th of May. this forum will allow the community to discuss environmental issues that concern Maroondah and raise items for council’s attention. This forum marks the beginning of what will become regular forums to allow the community to discuss environmental issues within…
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Media Release: Working towards cleaner waterways in Maroondah
With dam levels reaching historic lows, people everywhere are looking at ways to cut water use, or to substitute. One solution is a rain garden. Councillor Alex Makin said over the last decade there has been a quiet revolution going on in the world of drainage and stormwater. “There has been a realisation that traditional…
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Stage 3A Water Restrictions
Melbourne has now entered Stage 3A water restrictions. The primary difference from stage three being that no evening watering of gardens is allowed. Gardens may now only be watered between 6am and 8am for manual systems while automatic systems (which turn on and off automatically) can only be used between midnight-2am. Even numbered houses can…