The Prime Minister, John Howard, has called a summit to discuss the water crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin. The meeting, being held as I write this blog, was apparently triggered by the NSW government decision to suspend water trading on the … [Read more...] about Murray River: Last Year Biggest Environmental Flow, This Year Water Crisis
Water
Wyaralong Dam: Water More Expensive Than Desalination?
By the end of the recent state election in Queensland, the Labor Party was proposing not one, but five new dams and the the Coalition a whooping eight new dams. The Wyaralong dam is being planned for a catchment just south of Brisbane and west of … [Read more...] about Wyaralong Dam: Water More Expensive Than Desalination?
Photographs Suggest Still Water in the Murray River: ABC Wrong Yet Again
I’ve already complained about ABC Online incorrectly reporting that water levels in the Murray River are at historic lows. The article, published on 17th August, confused low water inflows with low water levels, the journalist apparently unaware … [Read more...] about Photographs Suggest Still Water in the Murray River: ABC Wrong Yet Again
Skiing on Poo: Comment from Roger Kalla
Roger Kalla, a member of this blog community, has just had a piece published on water recycling, including for snow making, at OLO. It includes comment that: "Up in the Victorian Alps there is truly “no business like snow business”. It literally … [Read more...] about Skiing on Poo: Comment from Roger Kalla
Where has all the Marsh Water Gone?
It has been suggested that before irrigation runoff into the Macquarie Marshes was 460,000 megalitres and that this has been reduced to 395,000ml by irrigation. But Ian Mott has argued that pre-settlement runoff into the marshes would have been much … [Read more...] about Where has all the Marsh Water Gone?
What is Special About This Drought?
On Monday I posted a graph of rainfall history and suggested that it indicated south east Queensland was not experiencing the worst drought in 100 years - that the current dry spell is not unusual in the scheme of things. I was surprised how many … [Read more...] about What is Special About This Drought?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
