Former Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder says NSW ‘actively undermined’ Murray-Darling basin plan • The Murray-Darling: when the river runs dryNSW promises to protect Barwon-Darling flow as it is attacked over basin planThe New South Wales government has promised to protect a major release of environmental water into the Barwon-Darling system and will monitor it to ensure it is not pumped by irrigators when it is released on Tuesday. But the renewed assurances from NSW come as the former Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder David Papps, who retired last week, issued a stinging assessment of NSW’s commitment to the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Murray-Darling: when the river runs dry Read moreHe said that modelling indicated the flow should reach as far down the river system as Wilcannia and even the Menindee lakes. He said the event would be used as a pilot to inform reforms for environmental water management. The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) welcomed the release of water for the environment in the northern basin.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2018 08:48 UTC