1/6🧵Walgett Water Quality Results 9 April 2024:
The pH levels on the Baawan River are all within a healthy range. The pH levels on the Ngamaay River are measuring to be more on the alkaline side but the pH is still acceptable. Full results: https://t.co/ooEGu1svAm
The dissolved oxygen at all sites are still at a dangerously low level, all readings of the dissolved oxygen is below 3 mg/L. Below 3 mg/L fish kills can happen. The river flow in the Ngamaay River could cause health issues for fish. Full report: https://t.co/ooEGu1svAm
Water Quality Results 7 March 2024. Dissolved oxygen at all sites along Baawan & Ngamaay are still within a concerning range. The first readings at both Ngamaay sites are within a poor range but get to dangerous levels as we measure deeper in to the river. https://t.co/ooEGu1svAm
@nswirrigators@tanya_plibersek The ‘over-recovery’ in the Macquarie is a combination of dodgy numbers and shifting some of the recovery target to another valley.
Also, the C/W’s water was purchased, so ‘compensation’ has already been paid.
1/5 DEG announces the Walgett River Ranger team's Weekly River Water Monitoring Results Report.
We are using a traffic light system to present the results that we collect.
Green light: Good
Yellow light: Average
Red light: Bad
Simply put, @Tanyaplibersekx is saying there needs to be enough water in the Murray Darling Basin for EVERYONE.
And in case you need a Grade 4 Science lesson, drinking water and access to water for health trumps all the other needs (of water).
Scimex
27 Nov 2023 at 1100 AEDT | 1300 NZDT
EXPERT REACTION: Murray-Darling Basin deal on 'Restoring Our Rivers'
Quotes in this public release belong to:
1/ https://t.co/wtPMXKf6ef
Water is life and millions of Australians rely on the Murray-Darling Basin for our drinking water, jobs, for recreation and for it's extraordinary environmental and cultural value - today we are delivering laws that will protect these
1/6 Just reminding everyone particularly @sarahinthesen8 & @AdamBandt that buybacks should be applied where greatest environment, social & enviromental benefits. The Northern #MurrayDarlingBasin rivers are dying. This pic shows Namoi River at Walgett before last enviro flow
3/3 They've given 47,510 ML in Barwon-Darling alone. They increased totaltake by huge amount. #FloodplainHarvesting contributes to over-extraction of water in NorthernBasin, & to Walgett's undrinkable water, dying river, loss of river foods. DEG didn't attend this cynical meeting
2/3 Our efforts fell on deaf ears with last NSW Govt. More than 400 GLs of FH licences, worth betw. $1billion & $2billion (NSW irrigators council valuation) granted in the NSW Northern Basin in the last 12 months, against the will of the NSW Parliament.
1/3 NSWDPIE in Walgett today discussing protecting First Nations Cultural Values & Assetts from #FloodplainHarvesting. Must have been organised months ago. What's the point talking now? DEG tried hard for yrs to stop them issuing FPH licences. They've given away all the water now
Excellent that others are now hearing the strong voices from our colleagues at @DharriwaaEGroup about the systemic problems in Walgett, and the community-led solutions.
https://t.co/j6xvBtcsG9
Hopefully today’s media coverage of the damning findings of our survey on the levels of food and water insecurity finally leads to government action after years of advocacy by @DharriwaaEGroup
and @Walgett_AMS for safe drinking water in Walgett.
https://t.co/qvbndXTmkP
The Barwon & Namoi river meets at Walgett. A town with high population of aboriginal people. After 3 very wet years there is no drinking water & when shower in water leaves a greasy film.
Plus fish kill. Kid your self we don’t need a Royal Commission.
"But our panel also examined the long-term changes to the river. We found the long-term cause for the river’s decline was simple: too much water was being diverted upstream"
Prof Kingsford on why big-irrigation & water "harvesting" is killing our rivers
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https://t.co/aeN3qq7KCf
Fishkill explainers are going on abt proximate causes eg heatwaves, deoxygenation as floodwaters recede etc
But they're silent on structural causes like floodplain harvesting, water overallocation & extraction
Read Richard Kingsford for the full picture
https://t.co/6kCGl7vEhC
@Nadia32332010 This is the result of years, no, decades of neglect and cowboys doing what they like.
The greatest vandals of the Darling river system are the QLD @AnnastaciaMP govt and the @Dom_Perrottet NSW govt.
They're hijacked by lobbyists and vested interests of corporate ag.
A reminder the QLD & Nth NSW cotton industry have spent literally millions of dollars on communications, lobbying & public relations in the last 20 years
It gives the appearance of a happy, "clean" industry that doesn't hoard naturally flowing rain - with QLD & NSW govt approval
They'll blame every other thing, 'it's the carp, it's the oxygen', when it's only the fault of one exotic species - white fellahs. This river has been around for thousands of years, floods never used to kill everything. https://t.co/JL4wJYE4I7