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One-sixth of global river flows evaporate before reaching the sea – but only 1% by irrigation

November 23, 2018 Albert Van Dijk (ANU)
Spatial distribution of secondary evaporation losses in South America. (Source: Van Dijk et al., 2018)

Less than 1% of global river flows is used for irrigation, and only 1% of that occurs in Australia. That is the result of a high-resolution global model-data analysis we published recently. The importance of evaporation from wetlands, […]

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A water regulator, now eye in sky to monitor water use

September 21, 2018 John Ellicott (The Land)
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Technology is quickly catching up with water theft and the NSW Government is funding new research projects to monitor water anomalies, as well as water flows. Just a week after the new NSW water regulator announced a number […]

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Is the Murray-Darling Basin Plan broken?

July 27, 2017 Ross M Thompson, University of Canberra Leave a comment
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A recent expose by the ABC’s Four Corners has alleged significant illegal extraction of water from the Barwon-Darling river system, one of the major tributaries of the Murray River. The revelations have triggered widespread condemnation of irrigators, the […]

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