Delta's water supply - Oberon Dam, the Fish River supply - continued to fall and, by mid 2008, had reached an historic low. Mount Piper and Wallerawang Power Stations draw their water supplies from storages on the Coxs River and the Oberon Dam; but lately had begun to purchase water from Centennial coal mine pits and tunnels.

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Emissions intensity of government administration around 70 tonnes CO2-e per million dollars of revenue

Local governments’ bid for for carbo compo was refused by Federal planners. The South East Queensland Council of Mayors, the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, the Local Government Association of Tasmania, the Shoalhaven City Council and the Australia Institute argued that local government should be treated as a strongly affected industry, or otherwise provided with compensation to adapt to the scheme.

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