-By Aleisha Parr
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ith so much attention focused on dealing with the recently excessive rainfall and floods across Queensland and Victoria, it is easy to forget about Australia’s underlying water crisis – its desperate lack of reliable water. Australia is actually the driest inhabited continent,
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with far too many communities plagued by chronic water shortages and droughts. These water woes have led to government issued water restrictions in many regions and cities over the last several years, but it is clear that Australia needs to develop a more permanent and suc-