2011年7月2日星期六

Riverland irrigators back on full water supplies

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Updated July 1, 2011 11:33:00

Riverland irrigators are back on full water allocations but say their future remains uncertain.

It is the first time the South Australian irrigators have received full allocations in almost a decade, helped by drought-breaking flows down the River Murray.

Ben Haslett from the SA River Communities Group says big sums have been spent on water.

"Growers' valuable funds won't be siphoned off into other regions to pay for leased water," he said.

Mr Haslett says irrigators are hoping a plan for the future of the Murray-Darling Basin will give them better long-term security.

Graham McInnes from the Golden Heights Irrigation Trust said it was possible carryover arrangements would be reintroduced for unused allocations.

But he does not think higher allocation from July 1 will lead irrigators to make immediate changes on their properties.

Two drought counselling support programs in the Riverland have been extended for another year.

Counsellors are based at Loxton and Waikerie and support the region along the Murray to the Lower Lakes and into the Upper Mallee.

A $150,000 contribution from an anonymous organisation combined with about $120,000 of state funding is supporting the program, which had been due to end last month.

South Australian Health Minister John Hill says many people are emotionally scarred from coping with years of drought.

"The drought is obviously over, we all understand that but the consequences of the drought are still being felt very deeply I think in parts of the Riverland," he said.

"I was up there recently and it was pretty clear that people haven't really recovered and so we've worked out how we can continue this funding for another 12 months."

Tags: environment, dams-and-reservoirs, government-and-politics, rural, agricultural-crops, irrigation, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, water-management, water-supply, sa, goolwa-5214, loxton-5333, renmark-5341, waikerie-5330

First posted July 1, 2011 07:48:00


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