Murray Darling Basin Plan leaves regional communities with big questions

Mike Foley
June 24 2018 - 4:00pm
About 2100GL of water has recovered, largely through buybacks and on-farms schemes. The 2750GL recovery target should be met now that 605GL worth of offset projects is underway. Meanwhile, 450GL of ‘upwater’ needs to be found. The question is, how and where the will it come from and what will be the social and environmental impacts?
About 2100GL of water has recovered, largely through buybacks and on-farms schemes. The 2750GL recovery target should be met now that 605GL worth of offset projects is underway. Meanwhile, 450GL of ‘upwater’ needs to be found. The question is, how and where the will it come from and what will be the social and environmental impacts?

The inimitable words of former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ring true for the $13 billion Murray Darling Basin Plan.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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