Sydney’s dwindling water supply faces contamination risk

As if the collapse in Sydney water storages wasn’t enough:

Now the city’s water supply faces the possibility of contamination from bushfire ash and debris from the fire.

Water NSW has estimated that more than 300,000 hectares of bushland in the Warragamba Dam’s catchment area has been burnt, and there are fears that the dam’s treatment plant will not be able to cope with the inflow of sediment. Meanwhile, Kangaroo Island’s main water treatment facility remains out of commission after being damaged by the bushfire. From The Australian: