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Water Crisis

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Now that story's been scorched, as only part of [blank] planning. But it was a symptom of the dramatic turn of events in South Australia, and it flushed out other remarks from water [blank] and people like Tim Flannery, indicating that things were really much worse than had been [blank] , even earlier this year. So is Adelaide, let alone some whole regions of South Australia, in serious bother? Considering that the vast amount of its drinking water comes from the [blank] Murray, something many of us outside the State may not have quite realized. Is their [blank] something we have to face up to as a nation?

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Now that story's been scorched, as only part of contingency planning. But it was a symptom of the dramatic turn of events in South Australia, and it flushed out other remarks from water academics and people like Tim Flannery, indicating that things were really much worse than had been foreshadowed , even earlier this year. So is Adelaide, let alone some whole regions of South Australia, in serious bother? Considering that the vast amount of its drinking water comes from the beleaguered Murray, something many of us outside the State may not have quite realized. Is their predicament something we have to face up to as a nation?
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