The mystery of the Murray-Darling's vanishing flows
4 years, 3 months ago

The mystery of the Murray-Darling's vanishing flows

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It might be the biggest whodunnit — or what-dunnit — in Australia. For the first time, they provide evidence that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan — the most expensive environmental program in Australia's history — is delivering much less water than was expected. "It's a huge discrepancy to be missing a fifth of the water that's meant to be in the rivers," said Jamie Pittock from the ANU. According to the South Australian royal commission into the Murray-Darling basin plan, the MDBA "completely ignored climate change" when determining how much water needed to be saved. "The river models that project where the water will be in the rivers haven't accounted for things like greater evaporation of water," said Professor Pittock.

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Last pieces in Murray-Darling Basin Plan puzzle shows how NSW will manage its water resources
4 years, 5 months ago

Last pieces in Murray-Darling Basin Plan puzzle shows how NSW will manage its water resources

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Nine critical water resource plans for managing NSW surface water have been published for the first time. Key points: Nine new NSW water resource plans have been released The MDBA will take several months to assess the plans Environment groups concerned about flood plain harvesting and sustainable diversion limits The plans show how New South Wales will regulate the amount …

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