Melbourne loses 15bn litres of water annually from logging catchment, study finds
by Adam Morton Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4NRKB)
Researchers say the Thomson catchment is missing out each year on the amount of water used by 250,000 people
Logging is causing Melbourne's main catchment area to miss out on about 15bn litres of water each year, equivalent to the amount used by 250,000 people, a peer-reviewed study has found.
If logging in Victoria's Thomson catchment continues as planned, that number would increase to 600,000 Melburnians by 2060, according to the research from the Australian National University.
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