cfa stuff up our water supply

So in the light of day today, mon. we find out what happened to our water.

Ane we are livid!

Evidently no one was briefed last night about the tanks and pipes being our domestic water supply. Even though mike had explained it to a CFA guy on friday night.

So, the dozer drivers made good use of the tracks mike had put in including one that gave mike access to pipe line for maintenance. They have smashed the line in about 6 places, including toppling a header water tank. They also ripped through the line feeding our storage tank from the spring. Mike had deliberately planned that system to be resistant to fire, but of course didn't in his wildest dreams think about a rampant dozer coming in!

What makes us really angry is that this should have been avoidable as it was a controlled burn (although why the burnt up from the bottom of the hill we don't understand), we were home and just across the road for God's sake and surely a phone call/visit etc could have clarified what the tanks were for. Even then after they smashed the pipes, we were not notified. At least mike could have turned off the valve to stop all our precious water running into the ground.

We have spent the last hour trying to find who to talk to in the CFA, (probably a futile task), and seeing if they will accept some responsibility.

Mike rekons it will cost at least $3000 to fix with dozing, pipes, tank and labour. As if he needs something esle to do at the moment.

What makes us mad is that they also sucked loads of water out of our dam with their choppers on saturday to put out the fires that had started on the top of the hill. and Now they go and burn more of it, and now those fires will need to be put out and probably want our water to do it. And in Mikes considered opinion, what they did hasn't really worked anyway!


oohh, I feel a bit better now having expressed all that....better go and get the camp shower and water cans out. (we will drag water over from the rainwater tank over the creek) at least the CFA can't get to that!