PHOTO: Sir Angus Houston speaking at River Reflections. Image: Supplied.
There will be less water available for irrigators and the environment in the coming years, the head of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has said in the lead-up to the first review of the basin plan in ten years.
Sir Angus Houston said CSIRO modelling for the basin indicated a 20 to 30 percent decrease in future river inflows due to climate change, and the Murray Darling Basin Plan needed to be adjusted accordingly.
“This is why we have to plan ahead, so the future doesn’t overtake us,” he told the Murray Darling Basin River Reflections conference held in Narrabri late last week…