How Red Tape Can Clog a River's Recovery. Clayton Collins.
by Collins, Clayton; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 24Environment. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Murray River (Australia) | Rivers -- Australia | Rivers -- Regulation | Stream ecology | Watershed managementDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Don Martin scrapes paint from his sailboat under the bridge for which this town [Murray Bridge, South Australia] is named. He has boated here for 30 years. As a child, he swam here. Back then, he could see the bottom, he says, and the water was generally higher. Not much higher, maybe a foot or so. 'But a foot of water,' he says, 'makes a lot of difference.' On a river like the 1,300-mile Murray--Australia's Mississippi, at least in terms of importance--it makes a world of difference. Farmers, ranchers, cities, and towns all rely on the Murray-Darling basin, which covers a seventh of Australia's land mass and encompasses more than half its population. The basin is running dangerously low on water. Less than one-third of the Murray's natural flow now reaches the mouth, experts say. By some estimates, major Australian cities could run out of water as soon as 2006." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses how the politics of river management policies may impede the Murray River's recovery.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: How Red Tape Can Clog a River's Recovery, Dec. 30, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Don Martin scrapes paint from his sailboat under the bridge for which this town [Murray Bridge, South Australia] is named. He has boated here for 30 years. As a child, he swam here. Back then, he could see the bottom, he says, and the water was generally higher. Not much higher, maybe a foot or so. 'But a foot of water,' he says, 'makes a lot of difference.' On a river like the 1,300-mile Murray--Australia's Mississippi, at least in terms of importance--it makes a world of difference. Farmers, ranchers, cities, and towns all rely on the Murray-Darling basin, which covers a seventh of Australia's land mass and encompasses more than half its population. The basin is running dangerously low on water. Less than one-third of the Murray's natural flow now reaches the mouth, experts say. By some estimates, major Australian cities could run out of water as soon as 2006." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses how the politics of river management policies may impede the Murray River's recovery.
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