In cities,we tend to take our water for granted. How does it get to us – and how do you put a price on it?
Blue Mountains residents have expressed shock and outrage after the closure of a dam which feeds into the water supply of 50,000 people.
Hundreds of residents in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were issued emergency warnings to flee as the river surged above moderate levels.
Some residents are on high alert after an overnight drenching as Sydney’s largest dam spills into the rising Hawkesbury-Nepean river system.
The dam,which is four times the size of Sydney Harbour and supplies water to more than 5 million people,began overflowing on Sunday morning.
The Warragamba Dam,which supplies the bulk of Sydney’s drinking water,is close to capacity after days of persistent rain and is likely to spill.
Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.
Roads were closed and some parts of Sydney were told to evacuate after the city received more than a month’s worth of rain in a single day.
Here’s what we know about the phenomenon and its role in wild weather that’s hit Sydney and other parts of NSW.
Farmer Tim Kemp has lost thousands of avocados to years of drought and floods. Now,he’s trying to prepare for another big dry - but will it be too much?
Greater Sydney’s population will grow to 8.3 million people by 2056,with an estimated increase in annual water demand of 50 to 65 per cent,or up to 360 gigalitres per year – that’s 144,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.