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Shortage of water will shut power station – smh.com.au

Shortage of water will shut power station

BRIAN ROBINS – November 28, 2009 – smh.com.au

LOW water levels will force the shutdown of the large Wallerawang power station near Lithgow over Christmas, as efforts are made to to take pressure off local water supplies.

The move is the clearest impact yet of the dry weather conditions on the state’s electricity industry.

A continuing lack of rain could begin to affect the state's power supplies from late January, as electricity demand begins to rise following the summer holidays…

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