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The pumping of water from the Shoalhaven River to top up Sydney’s supply is to be stopped for at least three years, signalling a further easing of the city’s water crisis.
The NSW Water Minister, Phillip Costa, will announce today a moratorium on the massive transfers of water from the Shoalhaven [...]
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