ABC News – Australia ·australia ·2 hours ago

Remembering SA's pain and battles behind the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

South Australia endured critical water shortages during the Millennium Drought as the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was negotiated in 2009. River flows fell to 960 gigalitres annually, exposing 20,000 hectares of acid sulphate soils around the Lower Lakes while irrigators received just 2 percent of water entitlements.

Summary by Glance · ABC News – Australia

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