'We're sleepwalking': The fix to our water woes when every drop matters

By Peter Hannam
Updated September 16 2018 - 12:20pm, first published 11:43am
Sydney Water's Cordeaux Dam near Wollongong is now about 37 per cent full, down from about 90 per cent a year ago. Photo: Nick Moir
Sydney Water's Cordeaux Dam near Wollongong is now about 37 per cent full, down from about 90 per cent a year ago. Photo: Nick Moir

It's little wonder the Berejiklian government is eager to switch on the Sydney Desalination Plant and end the "water security mode" it has languished in since 2012.

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