Adelaide+Water+Supply

=Location: =

[[image:adelaides_water_supply.JPG caption="location of adeliades water storages"]]
 The  main source of water for Adelaide is the Murray river, in times of good rain the murray provides 40% of the mains water for Adelaide and in times of drought it provides up to 90%. These storages are located in and around the city. Adelaide takes the water from the Murray river from pipes to its storages. Look at the grey lines to see this.

geographic characteristics of the area:
=== ===  The area between adelaide and the murray is quite mountanious. The area has a climate that is very similar to melbournes. there are a few towns that are along the murray and there of course is the city itself which uses the water from pielines.

Conflict/isues over water:
Alot of people dont like the fact that the city of Adelaide uses water from the Murray to help with its water crisis. There were plans to build a new weir to hold some of the water back so Adelaide would be able to use it, but these were scrapped because of the massive objection to it. To solve this the city is looking at options for a desalination plant, to stop the hevy reliance on the river.