WATER: “Drinking water down the gurgler”

The Herald Sun
13 October 2008

HALF a billion litres of pure drinking water is being wasted each year in Victoria to test fire sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings and shopping centres.

The wasted water could fill 200 Olympic-sized pools when Melbourne’s water storages are at their lowest level for this time of year since the Thomson Dam’s completion in 1984…

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