3.4 - Murray-Darling Conflicts Flashcards
How much water does Clyde&Webster Cotton Farms own
38bn litres
What does the farm plan on doing with the water
Selling it to farmers during drought
Why are residents mad
MDBP uses tax money to buy back water from Webster farms
What do Brewarrina residents not like and who are they
Fishing community
Don’t like irrigators who pump water from river causing fish to migrate due to habitat changes
What did the Brewarrina community do eventually?
Take money from C&W farms as what previous members called ‘sweetener money’ to diffuse conflict
What residents is there conflict between?
Louth residents upstream and downstream
Why are downstream Louth residents worried
May not have enough water for drinking, washing, cooking as upstream have first access and take lots
Louth residents also worry about the survival of
Small businesses across the M.D.
What was introduced and how is it violated?
Farmers use above quota instated by a water cap through MDBP
What’s the Murray-Darling Basin Plan?
Share water between all users and return 2750GL to river for wetlands
How is the environmental water in the MDP affected?
Farmers use larger water pumps to extract the ‘environmental water’
How much money has been spent on the buyback scheme so far
$thirteeeen billion
