Water shortage in Qld threatens electricity supply

A lack of water to cool power stations is threatening to create electricity shortages in Queensland this summer. While the Queensland Government is claiming that there is no risk of blackouts, the body that runs the national electricity market, the National Electricity Market Management Company, is not so sure. They say that if the Swanbank and Tarong North power stations go off-line due to the Wivenhoe dam (currently at 22% of capacity) running out of water, power supplies could well be disrupted.