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How drought is affecting water supply in Australia’s capital cities

November 28, 2019 Ian Wright and Jason Reynolds (Western Sydney University)

The level of water stored by Australia’s capital cities has steadily fallen over the last six years. They are now collectively at 54.6% of capacity – a decline of 30% from 2013. We’re going into a hot summer […]

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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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How to lose water, waste money and wreck the environment

March 12, 2019 Ross Gittins (The Sydney Morning Herald)

If you want a salutary example of the taxpayers’ money that can be wasted and the harm that can be done when governments yield to the temptation to prop up declining – and, in this case, environmentally damaging […]

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Logging must stop in Melbourne’s biggest water supply catchment

November 28, 2018 David Lindenmayer and Chris Taylor (ANU)

Clearfell logging in the Thomson Catchment with the Thomson Reservoir in the background. (Source: Chris Taylor) Continued logging in Melbourne’s water catchments could reduce the city’s water supply by the equivalent of 600,000 people’s annual water use every […]

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Hunter Valley’s Bylong River could ‘dry up’ as department ignores advice of NSW Water Office

May 30, 2018 Michael Slezak (ABC)

A large foreign-owned mine planned for prime agricultural land in the NSW Hunter Valley could cause the Bylong River and local creeks to “dry up”, according to an assessment by the NSW Water Office obtained under freedom of […]

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