Another reason to cancel the melbourne pipeline
“The recent Murray-Darling Basin Commission’s (MDBC) drought update is another reason for the Labor Party to cancel their plot to flush water from the North-East down to Melbourne,” Sophie Mirabella, the Federal Member for Indi, said today.
“The core message of the MDBC was that the worst drought on record is continuing to bite hard throughout Australia’s food bowl,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“When our food bowl suffers, Australia suffers – and the correct response is to do everything we can to increase the water in the food bowl, not flush it down to Melbourne.”
The MDBC said, “Total Murray storage was now around 550 GL lower than this time last year and less than 1% of divertible water was available for critical environmental watering to protect endangered species and habitats.”
“The Murray system currently has the lowest storage for this time of year since 1940, around 25% less than last year. This means that there is not enough water in the system to be able to afford to pipe water to Melbourne,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“This is the second major drought update in the last week to highlight the very low water supplies in our area. The Labor Party must now listen to this, and reverse its plot to flush our water down to Melbourne.”
Last week, the Bureau of Meterology advised that “multi-year rainfall deficits and record high temperatures that have severely stressed water supplies in the east and southwest of the country. Several years of above average rainfall are required to remove the very long-term deficits.”
“These record low storage records are a result of the lowest two year inflows on record. It is not rocket science to realise that if inflows are down, outflows must also fall,” Mrs Mirabella said.
A copy of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission’s Drought Update is available at www.mdbc.gov.au
“The core message of the MDBC was that the worst drought on record is continuing to bite hard throughout Australia’s food bowl,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“When our food bowl suffers, Australia suffers – and the correct response is to do everything we can to increase the water in the food bowl, not flush it down to Melbourne.”
The MDBC said, “Total Murray storage was now around 550 GL lower than this time last year and less than 1% of divertible water was available for critical environmental watering to protect endangered species and habitats.”
“The Murray system currently has the lowest storage for this time of year since 1940, around 25% less than last year. This means that there is not enough water in the system to be able to afford to pipe water to Melbourne,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“This is the second major drought update in the last week to highlight the very low water supplies in our area. The Labor Party must now listen to this, and reverse its plot to flush our water down to Melbourne.”
Last week, the Bureau of Meterology advised that “multi-year rainfall deficits and record high temperatures that have severely stressed water supplies in the east and southwest of the country. Several years of above average rainfall are required to remove the very long-term deficits.”
“These record low storage records are a result of the lowest two year inflows on record. It is not rocket science to realise that if inflows are down, outflows must also fall,” Mrs Mirabella said.
A copy of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission’s Drought Update is available at www.mdbc.gov.au
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