Considering much of NSW and Queensland in still in drought, it's surprising that more isolated outback towns haven't been forced to truck or train in their water supplies :
The first water tanker could arrive in the northwest town of Cloncurry, population 2400, as early as next week.
There are plans to rail up to 12 million litres of potable water to the town, between Mount Isa and Townsville, which has watched helplessly as its supplies have dried up.
160,000 litres of water a day will arrive by rail, from Mount Isa.
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