Warragamba Dam provides water to about 80 per cent of Sydney’s five million residents
A Rural Fire Service firefighter instructs his colleagues to cut the water supply as a spot fire is put out in Buxton, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2019.Australian authorities said on Friday they are focused on protecting water plants, pumping stations, pipes and other infrastructure from intense bushfires surrounding Sydney, the country’s largest city.
“With the coming very hot conditions the fire situation may escalate in both those fronts and possibly elsewhere.”It is at 44.8 per cent capacity, down from almost being full less than three years ago, as a prolonged drought ravages the continent’s east. With more than 40 dams across the state, WaterNSW supplies two-thirds of untreated water to the state’s water utilities, which then treat and clean the resource to provide drinking water to cities and regional towns.Large quantities of ash and burnt material could pose a threat to the quality of water in the dams if the fires are followed by heavy rain.
A senior government minister said on Friday the government was now looking into providing wider relief.
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