A Charles Sturt University (CSU) resources expert recently discussed the trade-offs involved in the proposed transfer of water to the environment in the proposed Murray Darling Basin Plan.
Professor Kevin Parton, an expert commentator on the economic and social effects of the water transfer with CSU’s School of Marketing and Management, presented the latest research findings at a public lecture on Friday 20 April in Orange, NSW.
Professor Parton believes there will need to be trade-offs between economic, social and environmental objectives to increase the flows of water in the Murray-Darling system, which is Australia’s largest river system.
During the lecture, Professor Parton detailed arguments for and against the proposed transfer of 2 750 gigalitres per year from irrigation into environmental flows.
He considered the costs to irrigation farmers, the amounts of environmental water needed, gains for Murray-Darling communities from the plan, and the effects on the ‘losers’ from the plan.
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