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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

UNCOVERED: Tapping deep into the hunter s ancient river | History Defined

Digging deep: Hunter Water managing director Darren Cleary and water resilience program manager Steve McAleer with a gravel sample.

A project that could potentially supplement the Lower Hunter's water supplies with billions of litres of water that has been trapped underground for thousands years is a step closer to being realised.

Hunter Water has been investigating the new water source deep under the Tomago Sandbeds in an ancient river known as the Hunter Palaeochannel in recent years.

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