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...locals talk of little else: "People go to funerals and after a cup of tea what does the talk turn to? Water." Contrary to the popular image, that water wouldn't flow straight from their toilets to their taps. But though scientists insist that wastewater recycled under the Toowoomba scheme would be cleaner than the water Australians currently drink, suspicion remains. "Scientists are scientists," says Morley. "They believe in what they invent...
...Elsewhere, Australians are embracing water recycling as never before. Better public awareness and water restrictions in many communities have cut usage rates. The reuse of water for irrigation and industry is increasing. And a raft of recycling projects, such as Queensland's Western Corridor Recycled Water scheme-which, as the Southern Hemisphere's largest such pipeline, will supply power stations with about 110 million liters of recycled water a day from 2008-promise huge water savings. But while spraying such water on cotton crops or golf courses has widespread support, the notion of pouring it into a glass still makes...
...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 in one form or another." A public consultation process is about...
...judges at the Court of Appeal last week ordered a wealthy woman to boost payments to her ex-husband. It's too early to say whether the rulings will scare people off marriage or lead to more divorces. But some lawyers predict that unhappy spouses around the world may scheme their way to England or Wales (Scotland is governed under different laws), turning those countries into divorce havens for anyone - such as expatriates or dual nationals - who can claim ties there. "It will cause an influx of people trying to get divorced in England and Wales," says Andrew Greensmith...
...fossil fuels. Yet not only is it hard to sell outright prohibitions to voters, but the sad truth is that governments have a woeful record in even the mildest interventions. One of the most significant innovations in the last decade has been Europe's carbon-emission trading scheme: some 12,000 companies, responsible for more than half of the E.U.'s emissions, have been assigned quotas. Companies with unused allowances can then sell them; the higher the price, the greater the incentive for firms to cut their use of fossil fuels. The system seemed to work for about a year...