| Water Week |
| Water Week |
(proof version) On August 27, 2008 the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Irrigation water was use down by over one-quarter in 2006-07:; irrigation water use decreased by 29pc from the previous year to 7,636 gigalitres: rice down more than 81pc.
(Full Article)(proof version) The map lighter shading show where the poor live; and the while darker areas where richer folks lived in 2006 in the Murray Darling Basin.
(Full Article)(proof version) The table shows Murrumbidgee Valley storage levels as at 13 August 2008. While there is more water in storage now than at this time last year, much of this is held in individual accounts as carryover (254 GL), undelivered inter-valley transfers (about 76 GL) or is a pre-release of Snowy Hydro future commitments.
(Full Article)(proof version) Because water availability remains very low, the allocation for town water supply remains on 50 per cent of entitlement. Town water supply authorities are asked to remain conservative with all water use. Compliance
(Full Article)(proof version) Water limits were set for critical industrial users in 2008/09, as water borrowed for last year had to be paid back.
(Full Article)(proof version) The graph shows the long term average inflows into the Murray River. The red line shows the current position in the 2008/09 water year.
(Full Article)(proof version) . The River Murray system remains in severe drought. The long-term average inflow for July is 1 190 GL and the previous minimum for July was 135 GL in July 2006.
(Full Article)(proof version) The Murray - Darling drought had extended and, there was only 1 570 GL in daily flows for the Basin, Emergency measures were now a way of life in the Murray - Darling Basin. The shortfall in River Murray water resources left either no water at all or barely enough for flows for critical needs.
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