The Drought Welfare Coordinating Committee is a state-wide committe that meets every 3 months to consider welfare issues in rural NSW related to drought. The meeting in Wagga this week heard some grim news about the water situation in NSW. With the State's dams only 28% full there is very little irrigation happening, but more seriously towns are running out of water, with 5 already having all their water carted in and many more on the knife edge. If there aren't good rains very soon we could be facing the possibility of water being carted to thousands of people in a significant number of communities. The Lachlan River will be stopped at Condobolin at the beginning of Oct if there is no rain in the catchment, which will cause issues for towns and homesteads downstream. Water will have to be carted by truck to the towns and properties which is a logistical nightmare.
However the news on the day was not all bad with some great reports from many organisations and government departments who continue to support rural people and are constantly trying new and innovative things.
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