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Water crisis: Dubbo water to keep flowing until at least early 2021

By Kim Bartley
Updated October 10 2019 - 2:48pm, first published 2:30pm
DROUGHT: The current drought is the worst in the history of NSW. Hot and dry conditions are forecast for the next six months at Dubbo. Photo: RYAN YOUNG
DROUGHT: The current drought is the worst in the history of NSW. Hot and dry conditions are forecast for the next six months at Dubbo. Photo: RYAN YOUNG

Dubbo's water for the future coordinator Chris Devitt calculates that the city will have water past Christmas 2020 based on a worst-case scenario of the Macquarie River ceasing to flow next May and Dubbo Regional Council not being able to buy more groundwater.

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