Hawkesbury Council require new homes to have a minimum of 100,000 litres of water storage if the home is not on reticulated water.
We have a small section of land in a rural village, 15m x 46m. Whether we had 1 tank or multiple tanks, 100,000 is a crazy huge amount of water, especially for a small 50sq/m home for 2 people. With a slopping section with large boulders on the rear half of it, god knows where we will put tanks to reach that capacity.
I have asked the council as well as friends, family and colleagues, and so for no one can actually tell me why it is 100,000 litres. Is that just arbitrary number or has some sort of calculation gone in to it? You would think the council would know why as the must have made the rule, but so far no one knows.
The RFS only need a minimum of a 10,000 litre tank for heavensake.
Anyone out there have any idea where they got a figure of 100,000 litres from, and no that is not a typo.
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