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Victoria, the final state to sign a water bill that allows the Commonwealth to manage the river basin waterways, finally consented. According to the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC), the bill gives the Commonwealth the right to establish a Murray-Darling Basin Authority to control funding that should aid the drought-stricken region. Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding […]
In worried response to a rapidly desiccating Murray-Darling river basin, the Australian Senate just approved an inquiry into the availability of current supplies. The inquiry is to report back with options for emergency use in September. Coalition environment spokesman Greg Hunt hopes the push for information also provides resources — whether liquid or paper — […]
Bloom of blue-green algae covers hundreds of kilometers of water in New South Wales and Victoria.
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 Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation in Australia urged landholders along the lower River Murray to secure alternative sources of drinking water
The lower lakes of the Murray River in South Australia are slowly drying up, as water use along the Murray-Darling river basin continues to threaten the long-term health of the watershed. Lower lakes residents, hoping for an influx of water from upstream reserves, were told by government officials that, barring substantial rain, the reservoirs would […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Some residents in a South African municipality stage protests over chronic water outages. Water contamination in a village in India kills six people and puts hundreds in the hospital. A hydrologist in Massachusetts finds PFAS contamination in over 20 local bodies of water. A new report calls for more transparency from Australia’s […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN In the American West, drought fuels wildfires and destroys wheat fields in Washington and California’s Lake Shasta drops to dangerously low levels. Water levels on Lake Superior drop to match the lake’s long-term average for the first time in seven years. Covid-19 cases could be on the rise in Saskatoon, Canada, according […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Four million people in Lebanon could face a water shortage as a fuel crisis causes rolling blackouts. Hurricanes Henri and Grace batter the S. East Coast and Mexico, respectively. New research out of Australia finds that water levels on the southern part of the Murray Darling Basin are rapidly declining. Egypt is […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Drilling projects in New Mexico could contaminate drinking water supply. Decades of data on water flows in New South Wales prompt conversations about water use and storage. A proposal to remove methane from dormant coal mines in North Fork Valley, Colorado could also protect water for local farmers. Sudan is warning against […]
In this episode of Speaking of Water, host Eileen Wray-McCann talks with Michael Cohen, a senior researcher at the Pacific Institute, about the Salton Sea.
The Global Rundown Drillers in the Permian Basin, a major United States oil field, struggle to dispose of fracking wastewater. Urgent changes are needed to salvage Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin plan, according to the project’s Productivity Commission. Portugal attracts drought-stricken farmers to its lush Alqueva reservoir. The death toll from floods in India this year nears […]
