FINALLY, last night, the NSW government agreed to change Snowy Hydro Licence conditions which required water to be released into the already swollen Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers –exacerbating the current flood crisis. The article in today’s … [Read more...] about Government to Finally Act on Bureaucratic Flooding
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Snowy Hydro Wants Changes to Licence Provisions to Avoid Exacerbating Flooding
TERRY Charlton, CEO and Managing Director of Snowy Hydro, confirmed with me this morning by telephone that Snowy Hydro has been making water releases that may have exacerbated current flood conditions in the Murray Darling Basin because of licence … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Wants Changes to Licence Provisions to Avoid Exacerbating Flooding
Snowy Hydro Must Immediately Stop Exacerbating the Current Flood Crisis
Murrumbidgee Valley Food and Fibre Association (MVFFA) is appalled to learn that Snowy Hydro has been releasing water ostensibly as part of its environmental flow obligations that can only have exacerbated the current flood crisis. This … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Must Immediately Stop Exacerbating the Current Flood Crisis
Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow
WHILE residents of Wagga Wagga scrambled to save their belongings from rising flood waters there was a rumour circulating that the crisis was exacerbated by bureaucratic incompetence, in particular that Snowy Hydro was releasing environmental flow … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro tops up floods with environmental flow
Snowy Hydro Not Contributing to Flooding
Communities along the Murray and Murrumbidgee face more rain and more flooding, and there have been accusations, particularly from Leeton farmer David J. Linsday, that the situation is being exacerbated by bureaucratic incompetence, in particular, … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Not Contributing to Flooding
Can’t Do as Government Says: MDB Chief Quits
"MURRAY Darling Basin Authority Chairman Mike Taylor has announced his sudden intention to step down from the chairman’s role at the end of January. "It is understood Mr Taylor had a difference of opinion with the Federal Government over … [Read more...] about Can’t Do as Government Says: MDB Chief Quits
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
