Actress Cate Blanchett unveiled a new rainwater capture system at the home of the Sydney Theatre Company in Sydney, Australia. The harvesting, storage and reticulation system is one of a few in the world and will save approximately 11.3 million litres of water per year.
From Herald Sun
SHE’S made the headlines for her unforgiving “say yes” to a Labor carbon tax campaign and she’s back again, this time as a water warrior.
Actor Cate Blanchett has unveiled her latest environmental project, a rainwater harvesting system installed in the Walsh Bay arts precinct in Sydney equivalent to half the playing field of the Sydney Football Stadium.
The harvesting, storage and reticulation system will capture rain from the expansive roof of The Wharf in Walsh Bay, which houses the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and other arts organisations.
It will then be stored in a huge pipe that runs 500 metres under the pier, providing 100 per cent of non-potable water for all resident organisations.
It’s one of only a few in the world and expected to save 11.3 million litres of water a year.
“Today is a great example of how many helicopters there are in the city of Sydney,” Blanchett said as she was drowned out by blackhawk helicopters swooping around the harbour as part of an Australian Army training exercise.
“But it is a great example of how science and the arts are intimately connected. Both sectors are purveyors of experimentation and the embodiment of the imagination.”
