How far is the MDB up the creek?
- From: Vol 9, Issue 9 (September 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
The Murray-Darling Basin is running on dangerously low reserves, reports Max Borchardt. Water theft is not helping the issue.
At the top end of the Murray-Darling Basin, irrigators, townships and industries are taking the water they are allowed to under agreed allocative formulas. Rain in Queensland and NSW has eased the burden slightly, but the drought persists.
Along the way, there are legal and illegal abuses of the system. At the junction of the Paroo and Warrego rivers, a ...
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