Thursday, August 23, 2007

Australia. Landmark 10 year plan secures water for Burdekin Basin
Wednesday, 22 August 2007

Water Resources Minister Craig Wallace today released the groundbreaking Burdekin Basin Water Resource Plan, which provides a blueprint for supplying water to the Burdekin Basin over the next decade.

Highpoints of the plan are:

The creation of over 1.2 million megalitres of new tradeable water allocations to irrigators worth an estimated $650 million to them.

It also provides for up to 540 megalitres more water a year for urban, rural and industrial growth in the region.

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