Water crisis: Dubbo council to test existing bores and possibly drill new ones

By Kim Bartley
October 9 2019 - 7:00am
AQUIFER: The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is asking Dubbo Regional Council to take care when extracting its full entitlement from the Upper Macquarie alluvial aquifer. Photo: File
AQUIFER: The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is asking Dubbo Regional Council to take care when extracting its full entitlement from the Upper Macquarie alluvial aquifer. Photo: File

Dubbo Regional Council is being asked to "spread the load" when it moves to extract its full entitlement of groundwater from the Upper Macquarie alluvial aquifer so as not to damage it.

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