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Murray-Darling water makes a half-hearted start
29 Nov 2004
The Murray-Darling Basin Council revived the National Water Initiative last week, with in principle agreement to four water recovery proposals from Victoria and NSW that would recover 259 billion litres of the Murray-Darling flow, at a cost of $191 million. The four proposals amount to only half the planned recovery of 500 billion litres. The plans include pipelines to carry water directly to the Murray River, creation of a new separate tradeable water in northern Victoria and more reliable access for stock and domestic water for landowners in the Darling Anabranch. They also include reduced water entitlements for farmers in some areas.
The Land, 29/11/04
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