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Environment
Luke Costin

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Dams shut off after high level forever chemical finds - Caught on Camera

Two dams in the NSW Blue Mountains have been disconnected from water supplies after testing. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

The detection of synthetic "forever chemicals" has disrupted drinking water supplies in the NSW Blue Mountains with two dams isolated in the area.

Medlow Dam and Greaves Creek Dam, which sit upstream of the region's main drinking water dams and filtration plant, have been closed off following testing in recent weeks, WaterNSW says.

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