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Welcome to www.savethemurray.com Your Internet portal dedicated to educating, engaging and empowering the community to clean up and protect the health of the River Murray and its surrounds. Latests Reports and Projects “The Living Murray”
The Murray Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has developed this new brochure as the first in a series, which will focus on restoring the health of the River Murray. The brochure is about what constitutes a healthy working river and what is needed to achieve it. It’s about protecting the things the River Murray means to Australians: prosperity, irrigation, industry and clean water, natural landscape, history, culture and tradition. This brochure is part of the initial stage of the series of informing and engaging the community.
Full Story … COAG Water Agreement The Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) has now given clear responsibility to the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council to move ahead with work on the $500 million Living Murray initiative.
For more information go to: www.mdbc.gov.au/news_room/media_release/CoAG_reaction.html
River Murray Levy The State Government has imposed a levy on all SA Water customers. Payments received will go in a special 'Save the Murray Fund' and by law can only be spent on measures to improve the health of the River by increasing the quantity of water in the river and improving the quality.
For more information ring SA Water Customer Contact Centre on 1300 650 950. Water Proofing Adelaide
Working with the people of South Australia, Water Proofing Adelaide is a State Government initiative which is developing a blueprint for the management, conservation and development of Adelaide's water resources to 2025.
To find out more visit: www.waterproofingadelaide.sa.gov.au “Native Fish Strategy”
Native fish species are an indicator of the overall health of the Murray-Darling Basin and its rivers. They provide a warning that the natural ecological functioning of the rivers is at risk. The situation needs urgent attention. The Native Fish Strategy is an initiative of the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council, its goal is to rehabilitate rapidly declining native fish communities in the Basin to 60% of their estimated pre-European settlement levels. The draft Strategy is presented by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC).
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River Murray and Lower Lakes Catchment Risk Assessment for Water Quality- South Australia As a collaboration the EPA, SA Waterand the River Murray Catchment Board, along with extensive community consultation, the Risk Assessment will identify the nature and location of potential hazards to water quality within the River Murray corridor, and surrounding catchments. This will enable both greater understanding of water quality risks to the River in SA, establish priority actions to reduce and manage these risks in the future. The project is currently managed through the EPA Murraylands Office, Murray Bridge.
Full Story ... Sustainable Recreation Project
The Sustainable Recreation Project for the River Murray and Lower Lakes is a joint initiative with the aim of the project to promote the sustainable use of the riparian River Murray zone and Lower Lakes area for recreation without environmental degradation.
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