Orange pipeline debate intensifies

摘要

The Orange pipeline is in the final stages of approval to connect the drought-prone residents of the city of Orange in central NSW, alleviating supplies from the Macquarie River 40km away. Situated within the Macquarie River catchment of the Murray-Darling Basin, the population of Orange and its surrounds have operated on a constantly restrained water supply. The pipeline offers a safeguard to Orange, but specialists are at odds over the downstream cost.