Becker Watermoving - Nambucca Valley

20/07/2020

How are your vegetable gardens going? Have you checked your water tanks?

Many of us are spending more time at home, growing edible gardens, not taking holidays, not working away, not eating out. Some have had family visit & stay and these are all very faster ways to lower tank levels 💦

Get your water order in *at least a few days in advance* of your tank running super low, because we may not be able to get the water to you on same day. In saying that if you see the truck getting around with the tank on and Tim in it, wave 👋🏼 , and call 0407436648 before it’s unloaded that evening.

Peak season seems to be starting earlier due to low rainfall. It may be a busy time for water carters. Remember we specialize in delivery to dirt road and rural addresses and have 100m hose to reach up your hills. 😋 if you’re in or near South Arm, Argents Hill, Upper Buckrabendinni, Taylor’s Arm etc, Valla rural, Scott’s Head, Burrapine, we can deliver to you. It takes 3-4 hours to deliver to some rural addresses on dirt roads with tanks up hills. Quotes based on address apply. GET IN EARLY. Add your name to the list.

We are an essential service so you can continue to call us... but there may be delays.

Check tank levels regularly. 👌🧐

Water - stay on top of it. 💧

We are really looking forward to talking and seeing you all as always ... great to see old friends and make new everyday 😀

Call: 0455 440 511 (visit www.beckerwatermoving.com)

Jo Becker

04/03/2020

For those residents using town water supply.

Level 1 water restrictions have been lifted.

Still, no unattended hoses between 9am - 4pm (General domestic).

https://nambucca.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-IIF-72-65-47

03/03/2020

Are you asking 🤔 What does all this recent rain mean for our changeover to Bowra Dam in late 2019 when the water level at the borefields fell too low to continue to supply Nambucca residents?

Will our potable water be sourced from the original supply, borefield, again, now we’ve had so much rain?

General Manager Michael Coulter has said that yes, the council will be reverting back to supplying potable water from the Bowra borefields, as opposed to the Bowra Dam.

He said there are some operating procedures council staff have to complete first, namely the testing of the bores (which need to be accessed for flushing) and changing of the chlorine dosing.

"As yet I haven't been given a date for the changeover but it will be soon, subject to weather," Mr Coulter said.

However: “We will have to keep the dam extraction going if the borefield is subjected to flooding".

This information was published on Feb 13 at https://www.nambuccaguardian.com.au/story/6626838/deluge-sees-nambucca-shires-water-restrictions-lifted/

25/02/2020

Some good water-related news for Australians is always worth sharing!

Equinor have abandoned plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight! 🌊

For Bunna and the Mirning people - who've protected their country for thousands of years - this is a very special day 👏🏿💛🦞

🐟💪🙌

Congratulations to everyone who's worked tirelessly to protect this natural wonder. Our people are powerful, and our people have won.

09/02/2020

Very welcome rain for our valley this week!

Did you know that koalas usually get all the water they need from eating eucalyptus leaves? They don’t typically drink water. But that’s been changing, now that those leaves have been slowly drying out due to climate change. Koalas are now beginning to need water stations ... and are benefiting hugely from this rain!

Also some extra good news for koalas in our region: Corrective Services NSW has partnered with Port Macquarie Koala Hospital to regenerate bushland and plant fodder for koalas being cared for in animal sanctuaries across Australia.

This means, minimum-security inmates will plant an estimated 1000 seedlings per year over the next six years. Inmates will remove weeds and prepare the soil for seedlings, creating a bush corridor for koalas, sugar gliders and native birds. Additionally, they will plant casuarinas, grevilleas and other native plants.

This will be done over a 14ha area, which is the equivalent of 25 football fields, with seedlings donated by the Forestry Corporation of NSW, Kempsey Shire Council, Landcare and Billabong Zoo.

This project is especially critical - the recent bushfires in and around Port Macquarie have devastated the genetically diverse koala population, with approximately 75 per cent of the fire ground footprint being prime koala habitat.

Planting eucalyptus seedlings will help ensure a healthy food supply.

In addition, this project means inmates will learn valuable skills in horticulture, which can assist them in gaining employment after they are released.

- information above partly copied & shared from Melinda Pavey’s announcement on her page, and https://grist.org/briefly/a-fun-fact-you-didnt-know-koalas-dont-drink-water-but-now-they-have-to/amp/

17/01/2020

What do you think Nambucca Valley... has our rainy season finally begun?

My memories of the last 5 years include wet sodden ground and lush grass between late Summer and through Autumn. Are we on our way there, yet?

08/01/2020

This is what the Level 4 water restrictions mean for Bellingen Shire residents - this has been in effect since late November.

Water Restrictions Due to the low rainfall in the catchment areas and falling river levels Shire residents who receive a town water supply will be subject to Level 4 Water Restrictions as from Wednesday 20 November 2019.

08/01/2020

Level 1 Water Restrictions for the Nambucca Valley: what does this mean?

If the flow rate of the river drops, the Bowra Dam will be used for the first time.

08/01/2020

"Imagine if we didn't have it - we'd be in the same scenario as so many other towns right now."

13/12/2019

Since we’ve been doing the rounds with water 💦 we’ve talked to some home owners who have concerns about their water supply “going dry” ... not from lack of rain, but because the creeks and bores are more depleted than they’ve ever seen them. 🥺

Also people have said that they’ve run out of water due to the drought. 😢

I guess there isn’t any better solution to lack of water, than to catch the rain when it falls 🌧 - and catch as much of that lovely stuff as you possibly can.

Just one 10,000 liter tank is not enough to last a full year. You can install larger tanks, or duplicate tanks. I’ve read Facebook posts saying “I’ve got a tank, it ran dry because of the drought.” To that I say 🧐 “just a thought - maybe we all need bigger tanks”. It’s not lack of rain that’s often the problem: it’s lack of CATCHING it. In Nambucca Valley we do get rain. We are not nearly as depleted as ◀️ west of the Great Dividing Range ⛰. But still, no matter where you are, if a torrential rain episode happens once a year, it would be better to catch it than watch our tanks overflow and not accept any more water 💧, right?

In our valley - the next 3-5 months is when we catch the rain to see us through the rest of the year.

We Becker’s haven’t lived here for more than 5 years (no, not locals, yet 😋) - but consistently every year, we have had enough rain caught to supply our household 🚿 through the dry-spell, which lasts from August to December when it starts to rain again around late November.

🌏☀️With climate change and global warming, naturally, it’s even more important to catch that rain ⛈ when it falls ... don’t miss a drop if you can make it so.

This is obviously not just about farmers pumping from creeks. Everyone, on every property, can set up more water catchment areas and holding tanks. Cubby house and garden shed roofing too, can catch water, as can car ports, machinery sheds, fruit & veg packing sheds, stables, or anything fairly solid that can have a gutter and downpipe connected to it.

Fire-affected farmers returning to their properties to rebuild are considering building a carport style roof to add to their caravan/temporary residence area, so they can start catching water in their new tanks.

Will it be expensive or difficult? I’ve been assured by Josh at our local Macksville Mitre 10 that this is totally do-able, even for me 😁 a typical awesome stay at home mum with no plumbing experience whatsoever. 😋

Josh was amazing enough to put together this diagram for me with easy to follow directions. These are the parts you may need to buy from Mitre 10 to catch the rain from any roof with gutters, to send the water into your holding tank.

For people pumping straight from the creek, you may need to buy a holding tank, then use your typical petrol pump to occasionally pump the water up to your hilltop tank, as you usually would, for your gravity-feed system.

😎 What Josh has so efficiently shown me here is that it was really easy for him to figure out what needed to be done and find all the parts and prices in store. He did this within an hour of me calling and telling him my concerns. For the situation I was asking about, it could be less than $100 to set up. More if you need to buy a holding tank ... find a small one if you can’t afford a 10,000L tank. You could even park a trailer near your house holding a 2,000L water container, attach a petrol pump, and pump the water you catch up to your hilltop tank when full ready to gravity-feed into your house.

I think the main message is:

▶️ We need to think a little more constructively about our water and perhaps take the reins and get ourselves set up NOW and not next March before it gets dryer again.

▶️ Anyone can do this and you MUST remember that Mitre 10 staff are really, really ready to help you figure it out. Go in and tell them your set up and get some help.

▶️ It may cost you a lot less than you think. Maybe even less than a hundred $.

As said earlier we are always taking phone calls on 0402 505 210 to deliver council water to you if required. But please catch the rain and if this is challenging you mentally or physically (like it did me), go in and ask Mitre 10 today.

Josh’s contact details are below. You could even give him a call or send an email and save yourself the drive. Mitre 10 also deliver.