20 Dec 2019

Water for sale, but not for locals

From Lately, 10:20 pm on 20 December 2019

While bush fires are raging and temperatures are soaring across Australia, there's a situation with water that can be described as extreme at one of Australia's largest sources of bottled drinking water.

In the Tamborine Mountain community in the hinterland on the Gold Coast, locals are waiting more than six weeks for deliveries to fill their dry water tanks.

Niki Gladding from Aotearoa Water Action speaks with Karyn about the pressures in Tamborine Mountain and what local commercial water vs local water conditions are like in New Zealand.

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Photo: rnz