What's life like in a town when it runs out of water? | 7.30

Six months after Murrurundi's water ran out, the New South Wales Upper Hunter community struggles to survive on extreme, level-six water restrictions, in a grim prediction of the future for other country towns facing their own impending water crisis as the drought continues.
Every day, Murrurundi's water supply must be carted in via a convoy of water trucks from Scone, a costly exercise for the local council.
But residents told 7.30 they did not drink the supplied town water, and were mulling over their future in the town if nothing improved after the council's pipeline comes online in 2020.
Read more here: www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-3...
For more from ABC News, click here: ab.co/2kxYCZY
If you're in Australia, you can watch more ABC News content on iview: ab.co/2mge4KH
Subscribe to us on RUclips: ab.co/1svxLVE
Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: ab.co/2lNeBn2
You can also like us on Facebook: / abcnews.au
Or follow us on Instagram: / abcnews_au
Or even on Twitter: / abcnews