Patrick Secker (Barker, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House notes that:

(1)

currently low flow conditions and over allocations are having an extreme impact on the River Murray, Lower Lakes and Coorong;

(2)

the region is fast approaching environmental collapse, industries are being lost and communities are suffering;

(3)

current predictions of low inflows indicate that the Lakes will drop to even lower levels and that River flow to the Coorong will not occur in the foreseeable future;

(4)

the short term challenge under current and likely low flow conditions for 2008 is to use what water is available, after critical human needs, to prevent irretrievable damage to the river systems; and

(5)

the long term challenge is to implement strategies that protect the environment and maximise the productive use of water resource while maintaining a sustainable river from source to mouth.

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