The original idea had been to display all the controls around planning water on a map somehow. Buuuuut that proved to be too hard in the context of the assignment. So after a long hard think about what story of Auckland's water I really wanted to tell, 3 long blacks later I realised I wanted to tell THREE stories...because Auckland has three waters.
In previous projects, when I have tried to explain the concept of Auckland's three waters to innocent bystanders, I've been dismayed with the blank look I've received when the concept of wastewater, freshwater, and stormwater all being intrictaely linked through our actions, washes over them without necessarily being registered.
Yet, in our highly engineered lifestyle, our daily lives and routines are highly regulated, as well as highly regulate, the way in which water passes in and out of our lives almost seemlessly and invisibly. So I've decided to get this concept out there visually through my project. I think its important we all understand where our water comes from, where it goes, what happens to it, and all the little indirect contacts we have with water that impact it and its quality at different stages of this never ending water cycle we're part of.
Speaking of water cycles, so I've got back into researching and found this neat water cycle graphic. Its shows exactly the interactions we have with water that I want to map in my project.
Thank you "good" magazine for being such a rad source of all things sustainable http://good.net.nz/magazine/twelve/features/water-fight
Right, back to the research.
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