Australia overhauls its outback plumbing
- From: Vol 10, Issue 1 (January 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
The expansion of exploration and mining activities in Australia will depend on water from the threatened Great Artesian Basin. Achieving long-term sustainability is vital, argues Max Borchardt.
Change may be coming in the way underground water resources are managed in Australia’s Great Artesian Basin (GAB), following the publication of a report and the launch of a new AUD17 million research project in December.
The newly published “Great Artesian Basin Resource Study” makes significant recommendations relating to some of the problems facing the GAB, the most pressing ...
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