Barwon-Darling irrigators will be forced to stop pumping until river flows increase
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JanJanuary 2021 at 7:58am
The Barwon-Darling river had been stagnant at Brewarrina until a minor flow earlier this month sent water spilling over the weir.
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Irrigators along the Barwon-Darling will not be allowed to pump water from next Tuesday, following 90 days of low river flows which have activated a rule banning farmers from diverting water from the river system.
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A new rule is expected to be enforced for the first time on Tuesday, January 12.
Barwon-Darling irrigators will be told to stop pumping when Wilcannia reaches 90 consecutive days with flows below 200 megalitres per day
âSuper quickâ: Migratory fish to get some help to scale dam walls
âSuper quickâ: Migratory fish to get some help to scale dam walls
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Fish may occasionally fly but they tend not to jump and few of them make good climbers.
And thatâs a problem if youâre a native Australian fish species evolved to ply the waterways of the Murray-Darling Basin and have to confront the 10,000 or more man-made obstructions from weirs to giant dam walls.
The Murray cod is one Australian species, along with silver perch and Australian bass, that evolved to migrate long distances in the countryâs waterways - a life plan that has been made much more difficult by dams and other obstructions.