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"The Adelaide Hills are experiencing severe water shortages. The root cause? A
prolonged dry period and not enough water tankers to meet unprecedented demand
from people not connected to the mains water supply.
Thousands of residents and farmers are hurting as dams, tanks and streams dry
up. Water tankers are becoming a common sight, carting in desperately needed
water. People are waiting weeks for expensive water deliveries.
The South Australian government has set up emergency water collection points to
cope with the demand from off-grid families. More water tankers have been
secured. But despite recent rain, the situation is far from over.
We found rainfall and flows into Adelaide’s reservoirs are at their lowest
levels in 40 years. Reservoir levels have dropped to 44% – the lowest for more
than 20 years.
Adelaide is not currently at risk of running out of water; the state government
built a desalination plant after the Millennium Drought. Production at the
desal plant is four to six times higher than usual to meet demand. Without the
desal plant and water from the River Murray, the city would be under severe
water restrictions.
But the crisis shows many off-grid families, farms and businesses need new
options to plan for the future."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
