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Water for rivers: Getting it out of the dams and onto the floodplain

Peter Bannan

THE River Peoples’ Forum this Friday will discuss ways the community can work together to ensure the region gets its fair share of environmental water. Water recovery under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan means there is water in dams and storages held for environmental use. However, rules and constraints around how it is used make it […]

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