Drought update shows water deficiency
“The Bureau of Meteorology’s January drought update provides another reason for the Labor Party to plug their pipeline to Melbourne,” Sophie Mirabella, the Federal Member for Indi, said today.
“The core message of the drought update was that ‘long-term deficiencies’ in rainfall remain in Central Victoria – the area most affected by the pipeline to Melbourne,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“It also highlights the importance of saving Lake Mokoan, which provided high security water to local irrigators – a guarantee of water that will be lost under Labor’s efforts to destroy the lake.”
“When our farms suffer, Australia suffers – and the correct response is to do what we can to increase the water in our region, not flush it down to Melbourne.”
The Bureau paid particular attention to rainfall deficiencies over the last two years, and noted ‘that were areas of lowest on record’ rainfall in a large part of our region.
“The Bureau also declared that ‘the worst of the long-term deficiencies are likely to remain for some time,’ and shows that we cannot afford to pipe water to Melbourne from our area,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“This is yet another major drought update 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.”
The Bureau of Meteorology has restated that ‘the deficiencies discussed above have occurred against a backdrop of multi-year rainfall deficits and record high temperatures that have severely stressed water supplies in the east and southwest of the country.’
“These severely stressed water supplies cannot be further stressed by piping water to Melbourne. It is not surprising to realise that if inflows drop, outflows must also drop,” Mrs Mirabella said.
A copy of the Bureau of Meteorology’s January Drought Update is available at http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/climate/drought/20080107.shtml
“The core message of the drought update was that ‘long-term deficiencies’ in rainfall remain in Central Victoria – the area most affected by the pipeline to Melbourne,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“It also highlights the importance of saving Lake Mokoan, which provided high security water to local irrigators – a guarantee of water that will be lost under Labor’s efforts to destroy the lake.”
“When our farms suffer, Australia suffers – and the correct response is to do what we can to increase the water in our region, not flush it down to Melbourne.”
The Bureau paid particular attention to rainfall deficiencies over the last two years, and noted ‘that were areas of lowest on record’ rainfall in a large part of our region.
“The Bureau also declared that ‘the worst of the long-term deficiencies are likely to remain for some time,’ and shows that we cannot afford to pipe water to Melbourne from our area,” Mrs Mirabella said.
“This is yet another major drought update 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.”
The Bureau of Meteorology has restated that ‘the deficiencies discussed above have occurred against a backdrop of multi-year rainfall deficits and record high temperatures that have severely stressed water supplies in the east and southwest of the country.’
“These severely stressed water supplies cannot be further stressed by piping water to Melbourne. It is not surprising to realise that if inflows drop, outflows must also drop,” Mrs Mirabella said.
A copy of the Bureau of Meteorology’s January Drought Update is available at http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/climate/drought/20080107.shtml
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