Water News
Mildura to host MDB meeting
MILDURA'S Murray Darling Basin meeting this Friday will only be the second held by the authority in Victoria.
Dam engineers recalled
AT LEAST 13 people will be questioned at a special round of Queensland flood inquiry hearings.
Faulty valves in new desalination delay
THE troubled desalination plant at Wonthaggi has hit a roadblock as thousands of valves designed to control water flow have failed.
Reduction in Basin meetings
THE Murray Darling Basin Authority will only hold a handful of public meetings this time around to hear responses to its draft basin plan.
Fish classification riles irrigators
THE Federal Government is failing to protect river ecosystems while spending $10 billion to buy water for them, irrigators say.
Dam 'breached the manual'
INTERNAL documents show Brisbane's Wivenhoe Dam was mismanaged in a serious breach of its manual for two crucial days.
Scientist slams groundwater plan
A GROUNDWATER expert has attacked the Government's draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Confidence in water storages
MANY of Victoria's water storages may be lower than at this time last year, but they are still in good shape.
Basin plan slammed by Wentworth Group
THE draft Murray Darling Basin Plan should be rejected because it lacks information, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists say.
Flood of help for Battles
PAUL and Sharon Battle know all too well the long-reaching effects of flood and the displacement that can follow.
Wivenhoe manual 'puts residents at risk'
BRISBANE and Ipswich residents at risk during floods because new manual for controlling dam has same failings as before, expert says.
Benjeroop left in flood limbo
IT HAS been a year since a giant inland sea inundated Benjeroop, north of Kerang.
Flood clean-up drags on
THE clean-up from last January's Victorian floods is expected to continue well into this year - and perhaps into next.
Flood of work remains
THE clean-up from last January's Victorian floods is expected to continue well into this year - and perhaps into next.
Irrigation carryover review
RULES allowing irrigators to carry unused water from one season into the next are to be reviewed.
Dam not to blame: Expert
A WATER expert has defended the decision by authorities not to draw down Wivenhoe Dam ahead of heavy rain and the flood that hit Brisbane.
Melbourne dam levels up
YEARS of anxiously watching dam levels fall are over for Melburnians, with water storages back up to two-thirds full.
SA bid for Murray upgrade
SA IRRIGATORS are bidding for $240 million to upgrade infrastructure and return water to the River Murray.
NVIRP funding withheld
THE Victorian Government is withholding Commonwealth funding for stage two of the Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project.
SA quiet on river plan
ONLY a handful of South Australians have voiced their views on the new plan to save the Murray-Darling system.
Raising Wivenhoe dam ineffective: Report
A REPORT has found raising Wivenhoe Dam in Queensland would be expensive and won't give Brisbane extra flood protection.
Tas water project to flow
TASMANIA'S ambitious, biggest irrigation project, in the Midlands, will begin next year.
Murray Darling Basin: What they said
WHAT they said at the Deniliquin and Griffith meetings to discuss the Murray Darling Basin draft plan.
Knowles welcomes Murray Darling feedback
BASIN communities will be able to take credit for any changes made to a draft plan, Murray-Darling Basin Authority head Craig Knowles says.
Deni shreds basin plan
MURRAY Valley irrigation communities have rejected the Murray Darling Basin draft plan outright.
AgVet Projects wins water award
A VICTORIAN business has taken top honours at this year's savewater! awards.
