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Environment
Stephanie Gardiner

Off-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water

Mass fish deaths in the Darling-Baaka River were likely caused by low levels of dissolved oxygen. (Samara Anderson/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Having endured droughts and floods, residents in outback NSW are dealing with the stench and clean up of millions of rotting fish as authorities work to protect drinking water.

Emergency crews face a logistical nightmare removing millions of dead fish from the Darling-Baaka River, after the worst mass death in living memory.

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