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Far West groups pour scorn on potential water infrastructure projects for region during water inquiry hearing
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FebFebruary 2021 at 7:19pm
Members of the NSW upper house inquiry into proposed water storage projects across the state visited Menindee this week where locals addressed their concerns regarding water issues
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A New South Wales Upper House inquiry has heard from groups from the far west of the state about their concerns regarding the Menindee Lakes Water Savings Project and water issues in general.
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State upper house members visited far west this week as part of inquiry into proposed water projects
Menindee Lakes: Site of massive fish-kill still being mismanaged
By Jane MacAllister
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Almost 35 years ago, the Menindee Lakes in far western NSW was the scene of one of the most extraordinary wildlife spectacles of modern times.
Flooding rains at the top of the Darling-Baaka River catchment filled the chain of shallow lakes and attracted more than 140,000 waterbirds from across the continent in a spectacular irruption of life, the likes of which has not been seen since.
The Menindee Lakes in far western NSW.
Credit:Richard Kingsford
Fast forward to January 2019, and these same lakes were the scene of one of our most distressing and shameful wildlife disasters: the death of more than a million native fish – bony bream, golden perch and our iconic Murray cod – due to water mismanagement and the worst drought in living memory.