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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 02:39

Over-allocation of water

Throughout the Murray Darling Basin, licences have been granted to extract more water than the system is able to supply in an average (non-drought) year.

half jug with empty glasses

Average amount of water available. - Collective volume licensed to be pumped out.

 

Attempts to supply all licensees means that the supply is exhausted:

Empty jug, some glasses full, others empty

Jug empty,
Only some glasses able to be filled
i.e. supply exhausted i.e. not all licensees needs can be met.

 

 

Water Trading

This means moving water around between the licensees - similar to moving the deck chairs on the Titanic. It gives no more water back to the river.

Empty jug, all glasses with some water

Jug still empty,
Water traded:
i.e. supply still exhausted. Some water to all the licensees

 

 

The supply is still exhausted and the licensees don’t have all the water that they need.

 

The Solution??

Only if the Government buys back licences through water trading and retires this water to the environment (i.e. removes it from that available to irrigation or town supply) can any water be returned to the river.

Some water in jug, less glasses

Some water in the jug
Less glasses
i.e. some environmental flow
remains in the river system.		 i.e. less licensees, smaller volume to be pumped.

 


Produced for the River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group January 2007

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2009 23:38
 
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