Large quantities of ash and burned material from bushfires threaten Sydney's water quality and infrastructure
File photo, Dick Pearson from the Sydney Catchment Authority stands in front of Sydney's Warragamba Dam to show the lowest level the dam has ever been.
Temperatures in New South Wales state are forecast to head back toward 40 degrees Celsius early next week, fuelling fires near Warragamba Dam, which provides water to about 80% percent of Sydney’s 5 million residents. “With the coming very hot conditions the fire situation may escalate in both those fronts and possibly elsewhere.”It is at 44.8% capacity, down from almost being full less than three years ago, as a prolonged drought ravage the continent’s east.
There have been eight deaths, including two volunteer firefighters, linked to the blazes since they flared in spring.
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