Brisbane City Council taps into 'massive underground bore' ....

Excerpt from Brisbane Times:

Council taps into massive underground water bore

14 September 2007

Another plank in one of Brisbane's key drought projects will be laid today with the tapping of a massive underground water bore in the city's south.

The Runcorn aquifer site will supply up to 10 million litres (megalitres) of filtered and disinfected groundwater a day to the area's drinking water supply.

It is the second and most significant part of Brisbane City Council's $75 million aquifer project, which is tapping the underground water source for the first time in more than 175 years.
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