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    This document lists Australian cities and towns, their populations, and primary water sources. It shows that larger cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane with populations over 1 million people rely on major water sources like rivers, dams and desalination to supply their greater water needs. In contrast, smaller rural towns with populations under 10,000 often depend on groundwater, creeks or wells, limiting their growth due to having lower available water. Proximity to reliable water sources thus appears to correlate with higher local populations in Australia.

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    This document lists Australian cities and towns, their populations, and primary water sources. It shows that larger cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane with populations over 1 million people rely on major water sources like rivers, dams and desalination to supply their greater water needs. In contrast, smaller rural towns with populations under 10,000 often depend on groundwater, creeks or wells, limiting their growth due to having lower available water. Proximity to reliable water sources thus appears to correlate with higher local populations in Australia.

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    Aleu Malak
    This document lists Australian cities and towns, their populations, and primary water sources. It shows that larger cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane with populations over 1 million people rely on major water sources like rivers, dams and desalination to supply their greater water needs. In contrast, smaller rural towns with populations under 10,000 often depend on groundwater, creeks or wells, limiting their growth due to having lower available water. Proximity to reliable water sources thus appears to correlate with higher local populations in Australia.

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    City Population Water source

    Adelaide 1.306 million River Murray

    Ali Curang 394 Groundwater

    Blackall 1,416 the Great Artesian Basin

    Bourke 2,350 Darling river

    Brisbane 2.28 million Lake wivenhoe

    Darwin 132,045 Darwin river dam

    Geelong 253,269 Moorabool rivers

    Hopetoun 739 Wimmera River

    Katherine 10,802 Groundwater

    Laverton 4,885 Basley creek

    Leonora 1,412 Station creek wellfield

    Mandurah 95,909 groundwater

    Maree 65 ???

    Melbourne 5.078 million Yarra Ranges

    Mount Isa 18,317 Moondarra dam water

    Newcastle 322,278 Tomago Sandbeds

    Oodnadatta 102 the Great Artesian Basin

    Ouyen 1,191 River Murray

    Perth 1.985 million desalination

    Sydney 5.312 million Warragamba dam

    Tibooburra 134 Cropper Creek

    townsville 178.860 Ross River dam

    Victor Harbour 16.720 Hindmarsh River

    Summary:
    What I noticed was that most of the small rural towns like marree, mandurah, and Katherine
    have small amounts of water and receive from rain and groundwater which lowers the
    population of the area as this not very much water. And the cities like Adelaide, Sydney, and
    Melbourne had large populations due to them receiving large amounts of water from rivers, and
    dams.

    Most of the rural small towns are in the country area of Australia where it is very hot so those
    areas require the most amount of water due to the heat and need to grow plants for the farmers
    to feed the community.

    So more water equals more people living in that area

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