00:00 In what was once a green and leafy suburb, there's now dead and dying trees the city
00:07 of Nedlands overcome with the reality of Perth's dry and warm weather.
00:13 We have 5% of our bore water allocation left, so essentially we are turning from a green
00:20 city into a brown city and it is really concerning.
00:24 The city is just one of the areas across Perth coping with limited water, resorting now to
00:30 only watering sporting fields at 50% capacity and not watering parks at all, a result of
00:37 the prolonged dry period across the state eating up precious water supplies.
00:43 Only 23mm of rain was recorded in Perth between October through to the end of April, marking
00:49 the driest period on record, with the Bureau now predicting a warm winter as well.
00:57 Despite this, the Water Corporation is adamant about keeping its winter sprinkler ban in
01:02 place to preserve what's left.
01:05 We have heard the concerns from the community and definitely from our industry stakeholders
01:09 who we work very closely with, but this is one year and we've been through these before.
01:14 But the state government says this prolonged dry stretch hasn't been normal.
01:19 The out of season weather and bushfires in November last year and WA just having its
01:23 warmest summer on record are stark reminders that we are experiencing the acute effects
01:28 of climate change right now.
01:30 While parks across Perth might appear to be lush and green, communities are concerned
01:35 with sprinklers switching off and councils cutting back on watering.
01:40 Green spaces might not look like they once did.
01:42 So this is the new normal, all the modelling suggests that our climate is going to continue
01:47 to dry and what we really need to do is adapt and one of the key ways that we can do that
01:52 here in Perth is to reuse more of our water.
01:55 Water is gold and we've got to value this really precious finite resource.
02:02 Liquid gold for many across the city.
02:05 [ Silence ]
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