Daly River might be sucked dry
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:52 pm
This recent poor wet season has been an example of what can happen to Top End waterflow in a bad year, in this case in the north-west catchment.
AFANT president Warren de With told FFF he is very concerned about the draft water management plan for the Daly catchment, saying it over-allocates for industry and under-allocates for the environment.
He is also concerned about variation in rainfall.
"How can you allocate the pie when you don't know what the pie is," he said.
Here is the draft plan, which is now open for public discussion ... https://denr.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pd ... -draft.pdf
Anyone who cares should make a submission, they can be emailed to [email protected]
AFANT president Warren de With told FFF he is very concerned about the draft water management plan for the Daly catchment, saying it over-allocates for industry and under-allocates for the environment.
He is also concerned about variation in rainfall.
"How can you allocate the pie when you don't know what the pie is," he said.
Here is the draft plan, which is now open for public discussion ... https://denr.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pd ... -draft.pdf
Anyone who cares should make a submission, they can be emailed to [email protected]