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Rural SA takes water protest to the Murray's banks

14/07/2008 3:48:00 PM

More than 3000 people from Goolwa, SA, congregated on the banks to the Lower Murray yesterday to rally the government for more water to be pumped down the river to save the local economies and the environment.

Protest organiser Southern Alexandrina Business Association suggested a $5 million temporary weir or water to be pumped from Lake Alexandrina into Goolwa's part of the river as solutions to minimise further suffering to the area's tourism industries.

Water levels at Goolwa are 1.1 metres below the normal level due to reduced inflows into the River Murray.

The latest report from the Murray Darling Basin Commission showed only 95GL flowed into the system in June, beating the lowest recorded in 2006 of 106GL.

On August 1, another protest is organised at Parliament House, with organisers hoping to gain State-wide support.

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There's no evidence in the Southern Alexandrina Business Association in helping to secure a flow down the Murray. It's all about tourism/lifesyle. Just think about business enteprises around the Lower Lakes for a moment and I'm just one, talking from a personal point of view, no income for eighteen months, owing to lack of Murray water flow.

Posted by Angas B on 15/07/2008 10:51:34 AM

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