‘It was an eye-opener’: councils surprised by drought

November 28, 2019 Harriet Alexander (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Rural NSW mayors concede they did not move quickly enough to secure their towns’ water supplies ahead of the worst drought in living memory. The state government has threatened to intervene directly in some shires to ensure water […]

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There’s a simple way to drought-proof a town – build more water storage

July 28, 2019 Michael Roderick (Australian National University)

Inland towns need far more water storage. Flickr/Mertie, CC BY-SA The federal parliament has voted to funnel A$200 million to drought-stricken areas. What exactly this money will be spent on is still under consideration, but the majority will […]

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