Aussie Drought Busting Invention for Gardens and Lawns

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could become a Big fan of a 'knockabout' Aussie entrepreneur who has the key to keeping California's gardens alive.

Paul O'Callaghan is a former farm hand from the Aussie outback who got so tired of carting buckets of wastewater from the bath to his parched garden that he invented a better way to do it with one trip, not twenty seven!

Paul's Waterleech invention is a portable, shower/bath/washing machine water collection unit, which can keep America's gardens and lawns blooming through the drought. The unit is about to be launched in the US.

"Carting the water from the bath to my garden got me down, so I came up with something that would make it easy for me to collect and use the bath water to save our garden. People raved about my invention so we put it into production and then it snowballed from there," said the knockabout outback inventor who was inundated with orders for the Waterleech.

The Waterleech or 'little Aussie sucker,' literally sucks up the 'grey' water from showers, baths and washing machines into a 16-gallon unit on easy-roll wheels; it can then be wheeled outside to water gardens and lawns, without using precious water resources.

The Waterleech is about the size of an upright vacuum cleaner. Twelve volt, rechargeable batteries power the whisper-quiet twin pumps. The units come with an array of sprinkler attachments, drip irrigators, lawn soakers and hoses with nozzles.

The centrepiece of Paul O'Callaghan's technology is the patented but unsexy sounding 'universal plug hole collection grommet'.

The 'grommet' fits over any size plughole where it sucks or collects up to 90% of the water before it wastes away down the drain. The Waterleech has the potential to recycle over 10,000 gallons per year - sufficient to keep household gardens blooming throughout the driest drought.

Paul is excited about the opportunity to save Americans gardens, just like he's done in Australia, but in a new twist he's providing a certificate to every American Waterleech purchaser which will entitle them to a share in his company, when it lists on the stock market.

In the first week in Australia, Paul sold 10,000 units during Australia's worst drought on record.

With the launch of Waterleech in the US, the future is looking bright for gardens, for Paul and those who purchase a Waterleech.

The Aussie entrepreneur is a huge fan of Governor Schwarzenegger and would love to present a Waterleech to him. Who knows, Arnie might just becomes a huge fan of the little Aussie sucker.

The Waterleech is available from www.waterleech.us. It retails for around $1000 plus tax.

Editor's notes: The Waterleech allows Grey Water to be used on gardens, rather than letting it go to waste and using resources to take it away to be processed or wasted elsewhere. Grey Water recyling is used extensively in Australia. Grey Water recycling will eventually become a fact of life in the US, so now is a good time to start, with each household able to save around 10,000 gallons per year.

NOTE:There have been many reports that the company has not delivered the product after payment and that Consumer Affairs are investigating.

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