Small streams are vital for nature and river flows, yet largely overlooked Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin plan.
- Research Fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
Buying back water from irrigators across the Murray-Darling Basin will not be enough to restore river health because we have big problems getting this ‘environmental water’ to where it’s needed most.
A federal program to help the Murray-Darling environment accidentally lowered water levels – but not as much as previous reports had feared.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has suggested changing the rules to allow ‘environmental’ water to be diverted to drought-hit farms. But the idea would be far less straightforward in practice.
The development of northern Australia will depend on harnessing water resources.
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