"THE decision to use six million litres of swimming pool water to revive Melbourne's elm trees and the Royal Botanic Garden lake would cost $100,000, Acting Premier John Thwaites says."
"It will be moved in a convoy of water tankers to save 1300 of the city's historic trees."
"About 650,000 litres will fill plastic crowd control barriers, which will be used to drip-irrigate the historic trees."
"Most of the water -- about five million litres -- is to be treated and pumped direct from the pools into the lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens."
"The decision prompted anger from several members of the public, who questioned why the Government wasn't trucking it to parched regional areas on stage 4 water restrictions."
"Mr Thwaites said the cost of transporting the water very far from the Rod Laver Arena was simply too high."
"He said the lake was the centrepiece of the gardens and supported an entire eco-system, ... read the whole article
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