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| Acclaimed wetland was result of leaky pipe |
| 2004-03-08 |
| An ecologically-acclaimed wetland in the grounds of a school in Taiwan turned out to be the product of a leaking water pipe. The wetland was the pride and joy of students at Taipei’s Kungkuan Elementary School for almost three decades. Happy students frolicking in the swamp, er, wetland. The school had just received a £130,000 grant to turn the wetland into an ecology park to house butterflies and insects, reports the China Times Express. Not enough bugs for you elsewhere? The embarrassment surfaced after water authorities, acting on a report by a nearby resident, checked the school’s water pipes and found the leak last month, the paper said. Since then, the leak had been plugged and the wetland fountain had stopped gushing. Wrench applied, butterflies died! Water authorities estimated the leak had cost the school at least £165,000 over the last 27 years. Since plugging the leak, monthly water bills had fallen from £660 to £130. That’s one hell of a leak. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 I hate wetlands, so do the quail, so do the goldies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-8 6:06:56 PM |
| #6 Sounds like a Robert (KKK) Byrd plan for West Virginia. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-3-8 4:04:37 PM |
| #5 Come, come! The important thing to realize is that protecting wetlands is a primary characteristic of a civilized,loving, caring, diverse society, whatever the wetland's source. I am appalled that a school in the non-liberated area of the PRC would be allowed to reduce its water bill and, thus, deny a non-trational wetland its continued existance. The UN needs to become involved immediately. Another example of the Bush administrations lack of concern for our environment. |
| Posted by: Highlander 2004-3-8 2:20:35 PM |
| #4 Reminds me of a story about a man had some land and made a pond so he can build his house nearby (so he would have a nice pond next to his house when he is finished). After building the pond the enviro-nazi's told him he could no longer build his house on his land because of the 'wetland'... Now they are going after the fishing industry just like they destroyed the logging industry for the 'spotted owl' (who takes to new-growth forest just fine after all...). Ok... rant over.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-3-8 2:08:45 PM |
| #3 dig a ditch? All it has to be is the rut of a tire that fills with water, and on the San Diego mesas - that's a vernal pool |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-8 1:48:06 PM |
| #2 I like when the Corps of Army Engineers dig a ditch and it gets filled with runoff then the ecokooks commence to sitting |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-8 1:40:21 PM |
| #1 A court order would have prevented plugging the leak in Florida. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-8 1:18:38 PM |