Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Fires: Water Quality

WATER has been diverted out of some of Melbourne's reservoirs amid fears fire contamination could last for months.

The Maroondah dam holds 22,000 megalitres of water and is currently 43 per cent full while the O'Shannassy holds 3000 megalitres and is 58.5 per cent full.

The dams threatened include the Sugarloaf, Maroondah, O'Shannassy, Upper Yarra and Yan Yean dams.

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