{"id":3609,"date":"2014-12-28T08:26:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2014-12-28T08:26:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T13:26:01","slug":"broken-hills-water-to-run-out-by-august-2015-amid-major-drought-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3609","title":{"rendered":"Broken Hill’s water to run out by August 2015 amid major drought – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broken Hill’s water to run out by August 2015 amid major drought – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Drilling work has started in Broken Hill in far west New South Wales to find an emergency water supply for the drought-stricken town.<\/p>\n

The iconic mining city is due to run out of good quality water by August 2015 due to the dwindling level of the Menindee Lakes.<\/p>\n

The lakes have been steadily drying out because of the drought.<\/p>\n

Darryn Clifton from the Broken Hill-Menindee Lakes We Want Action Group said mismanagement was also to blame.<\/p>\n

“It’s only through over extraction of water upstream in the Barwon-Darling River system that we’re not getting the flows down,” he said.<\/p>\n

The NSW Government has started drilling for groundwater to provide an emergency bore water supply for Broken Hill.<\/p>\n

Water Minister Kevin Humphries said the current supply of surface water was not sustainable.<\/p>\n

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