Plan for Water Management in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin Signed Into Law
The Australian House of Representatives passed the major initiative late last year, but some states are fighting back.
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The Stream, November 26: Final Murray-Darling Basin Water Plan Signed into Law
Last week, the Australian government approved a plan to increase the total volume of water reserved for environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin. Over the next 10 years, Bloomberg Businessweek reported, the government will spend $AUS 1.8 billion to save 450 gigaliters more water for the environment. More than one third of Australia’s food supply […]
The Stream, July 2: New Modeling for Australia’s Murray-Darling River?
Australian state and federal water ministers have agreed for new modeling to be done on returning more environmental flows to the ailing Murray-Darling river system, ABC Radio Australia reported. As Circle of Blue has reported previously, the process to adopt new water use regulations for the basin has pitted states against states and environmentalists against […]
Ashley Murray
In developing countries, environmental arguments for keeping rivers clean sometimes just aren’t feasible. So entrepreneur Ashley Murray decided to create a financial incentive for cleaning up wastewater. She says her graduate work was spent trying to quantify the financial benefits of reuse and harnessing the resources in human waste. Murray proved that what most people […]
The Stream, June 22: South Australia To Spend $2 Million On Campaign For Murray Water
South Australia has allocated $2 million to support its bid to keep more water flowing in the River Murray, AAP reported. States within the Murray-Darling River Basin are debating a draft plan for water management in the Basin, and are each struggling to get their share of water for agricultural, industrial and environmental purposes. The […]
The Stream, May 28: Up in Arms Over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
A revised management plan—with no change to surface water limits, but an even stricter cap on groundwater withdrawals—for Australia’s Murray-Darling river basin has infuriated many groups, especially farmers. The head of the New South Wales irrigators council called for revisions, lest “social and economic Armageddon” come to farm communities. Victoria’s water minister labeled the plan […]
The Stream, May 21: Negotiations on the Murray-Darling Draft Plan
The negotiations on a final plan for Australia’s Murray-Darling river system are well under way, with South Australian water officials summoned to give evidence to the federal parliament this week, The Australian reported. South Australia has lashed the draft plan for the basin, saying that it does not return enough water to the environment. Many […]
Draft Plan for Australia’s Murray-Darling Reignites Old Flames
After the 20-week public consultations ended last week, three key basin states have rejected the proposed plan, and more than 60 Australian academics have slammed the document for neglecting to include climate change projections and for its lack of transparency.
The Stream, April 12: The Murray Darling River Basin Draft Plan
As the consultation period for the draft plan on the Murray Darling River Basin draws to a close this week, a prominent Australian environmental expert said that the proposed plan is a step back from current arrangements. Why is the draft so controversial? Managing India’s water resources sustainably will be a top priority in the […]
The Stream, March 7: Australia Floods Stir Murray-Darling Debate
Extensive flooding in Australia makes the need to implement a new Murray-Darling Basin water management plan less urgent, argued the Water Minister of New South Wales, who called for delayed action on the reforms, according to The Australian. Two billion people gained access to safer drinking water between 1990 and 2010, meeting an international Millennium […]
Murray-Darling Basin Plan Angers Australian Farmers
A government plan to reduce irrigation diversions has farmers up in arms.
Steady Rains Deliver Needed Drink to Australia’s Murray-Darling
Southeastern Australia springs back to life after 10 years of thirst.
