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Crack down on floodplain harvesting a good first step |
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 Environmentalists have welcomed a decision by the NSW Government to crack down on unlimited floodplain harvesting.
Until now, floodplain harvesting has been a virtual free for all, with individuals able to steal floodwater from the environment and downstream communities.
Getting serious about water theft has been a long time coming.
There needs to be a massive effort put into compliance, from landholders to local water authorities, to State Government, to Federal Government. The channels and levees that have already been constructed are doing untold damage by diverting water away from the already ailing Murray River and into private storage. Stealing water is devastating the environment of the Murray-Darling river systems and the communities that depend on it. This has national implications when you consider that forty per cent of the nation’s food is grown along this river system.
While this recent decision will stop the construction of new channels and levees, the new rules should be retrospective in an effort to reduce the damage done by existing existing dams and levees. Read the media release from the NSW Government here. |
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