In many places, water supplies have becomeundrinkable, contaminated by a wide variety of chemicals used in the operations.
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After several years of drought, the government is looking at desalination plants to provide water for some islands where the water has becomeundrinkable.
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The remaining 90 per cent is dumped into a storage tank in my attic, immediately becomingundrinkable.
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Photo: 123RF Water restrictions have been extended to comminities along Northland's drought-stricken east coast where water supplies risk being contaminated and becomingundrinkable.