WATER: "Premier Nathan Rees reveals Sydney water almost ran dry"

The Australian
23 October 2008

NSW Premier Nathan Rees has revealed just how close the state came to running out of water in February.
In a speech to the opening of the 9th World Congress of Metropolis in Sydney, Mr Rees said NSW had faced a dire water shortage crisis in February, the severity of which was not conveyed to the public.

Mr Rees, who was water minister until September 5, says he was gagged by then-premier Morris Iemma, but admitted for the first time today that water reserves had been in danger of drying up...

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