There is little evidence to suggest the shortage is directly caused by the community’s three commercial water mining operations, which combined send about 100m litres of water a year off the mountain. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tamborine Mountain residents protest against commercial water extraction. Photograph: Sabine BannardWhen the school bore ran dry last week, trucks carrying emergency water up the mountain passed trucks carrying local water to bottling plants. “The people who live up here on Tamborine Mountain, a lot of them have come up from the city and are used to long showers and running water. “I just know that it must be very deep to draw water.”Craig Peters, a water carrier who supplies water exclusively to locals, has formed the group Save Our Water Tamborine Mountain, which has called on Lynham to declare a water emergency.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 20:15 UTC