Water

The Australian government is currently in the process of finalising the purchase of just 35 gigalitres (billion litres) of water from the public tender process announced on 26 February 2008 whereby $50 million was allocated in the 2007-08 budget to … [Read more...] about Wong is Right: Not Enough Water in the Murray-Darling for the Lower Lakes

Let’s be honest: a dry river is not necessarily an environmental catastrophe. Two weeks ago Australians were warned that a leaked government report claims there is only six months to save the Murray-Darling Basin. In response, the Federal … [Read more...] about More on the Barrages Blocking the River Murray

There is a blog at www.fairwateruse.com.au with an article entitled 'Dr Jennifer Marohasy: what is her precise agenda?' suggesting my recent columns in The Land on the River Murray, in particular the situation in South Australia, are agenda driven. … [Read more...] about Lower Murray Less Sustainable Than Middle Murray

"Four weeks into a six-week Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) watering at the Narran Lakes system has already resulted in a huge boost to the environmental health of the system's plants and animals, particularly its birdlife. "The MDBC bought … [Read more...] about Water Purchased for Bird Breeding at Narran Lakes

Some years ago an irrigator in the Macquarie Valley explained to me that they had been giving back water for years as part of negotiated and then renegotiated water sharing plans. He then asked me how much more water I thought the environmentalists … [Read more...] about No Balance in Water Negotiations