More claims of excess water extraction in NSW surface

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 6 2017 - 9:43pm, first published 9:34pm
GENERIC PHOTOS FOR STORY ON THE MURRAY RIVER AND THE IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES. KEY WORDS, FARMING, FARMS, WATER, DROUGHT, SOIL EROSION, HARVEST, MURRAY,  IRRIGATION, GAUGE.   MURRAY; PHOTO PAUL JONES; BRW MAG; 070528. SPECIALX 07052800
GENERIC PHOTOS FOR STORY ON THE MURRAY RIVER AND THE IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES. KEY WORDS, FARMING, FARMS, WATER, DROUGHT, SOIL EROSION, HARVEST, MURRAY, IRRIGATION, GAUGE. MURRAY; PHOTO PAUL JONES; BRW MAG; 070528. SPECIALX 07052800

More evidence has emerged of changes to water licences giving a handful of irrigators in north-western NSW the ability to extract huge volumes of river water even during dry periods.

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