Water Scarcity
During the early 1890s, thousands of settlers had travelled into the barren and dry desert centre of Western Australia in search of gold, but the existing infrastructure for the supply of water was non-existent and an urgent need arose.
Prior to the scheme water condensors, reliance on irregular rain, and water trains were part of the range of sources. Railway dams were essential for water to supply locomotives to travel to the goldfields
Read more about this topic: Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
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