I addressed a further letter to The Land in response to one which suggested an inconsistency between calling for better management of "The Barrages" and maintaining upstream dams."Andrew Brown’s (One dam question-Letters,June 13th) provides an ideal opening to explain precisely the difference between upstream water storages in the Murray Darling Basin and the damming of … Continue reading Lower Lakes and Up-river Storages-Letter to The Land
Tag: Lower Lakes
Unnatural Nonsense
When I read the recent Murray Darling Basin Authorities' "Environmental Watering Priorities" paper and the South Australian Government's celebratory "Implementing the MDB Plan" release, my grey hair stands on end. I have never read such artificial, misleading nonsense.Who do these water bureaucrats think they are? God? Do they not understand that following the ravages of … Continue reading Unnatural Nonsense
The Barrages
The issue of The Barrages, assiduously avoided in the preparation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan has again arisen with a well researched column by Jennifer Marohasy in the May 30th edition of The Land newspaper-I wrote a Letter to the Editor-"Once again Jennifer Marohasy (Barrage truths kept from leaking out-The Land-30th May, 2013) has … Continue reading The Barrages
Murray Darling Basin and the Lower Lakes
I have long contended that the human mind has great difficulty in dealing with the mass of data which surrounds us. Particularly if you are of a curious nature.The only way we can cope is to make generalisations and, as it were, file them for future use. This carries with it the seeds of its own destruction. … Continue reading Murray Darling Basin and the Lower Lakes
Here is a commentary from a man who lives on the shores of Lake Alexandrina
Here is a commentary from a man who lives on the shores of Lake Alexandrina-it is worth reading.Science and pseudo science – the sleeping giantOur opinions can diverge after we agree on the facts, because facts are facts are facts. I am comfortable with an artificially fresh Lower Lake in front of my house at an … Continue reading Here is a commentary from a man who lives on the shores of Lake Alexandrina
Murray Mouth
I today sent the following letter to The Australian. Probably too long for publication-but I felt better!The article by Jennifer Marohasy (The Weekend Australian- Sea Will Save the Murray-27th August) is a very accurate, well balanced review of the Lower Lakes issue in the context of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. The key characteristic of … Continue reading Murray Mouth
The Lower Lakes
This IS worth reading-http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/doomed-planet/2010/09/the-murray-a-fresh-perspective