Sentences with phrase «buy irrigation water»
Not exact matches
«We know of too many cases were people in South Australia sold water to the government at a premium, and then they bought the water back from Murray Irrigation or the GMID.»
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Irrigation (which currently produces large quantities of fruit and vegetables and even rice) is dying out and water licenses being bought back by government.
Theoretically the Murray Darling should be in a much better position to deal with prolonged drought, given the water infrastructure built over the 20th century and recent water reform mandating the buy back of many irrigation licenses.