Inconsistent laws and penalties for water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin make compliance and enforcement especially challenging. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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The tunnel bringing millions of litres of water from dams in Lesotho to South Africa is to undergo a six-month repair. This could leave residents of Gauteng in South Africa short of water.
Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.
Rapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater is used for irrigation. But some communities have found ways to turn things around.
Qanats are an ancient system which could be a useful way of getting water to farms in arid areas.
With the support of the Greens, there’s a chance the ‘Restoring Our Rivers’ Bill will pass. Will it be enough to put the Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track?
Growing traditional African vegetables on building facades is feasible and can improve food supply in cities.
New research shows turning northern rivers inland to irrigate Australia’s dry interior would not increase rainfall. This is another argument against the Bradfield scheme.
Arizona is considering a multibillion-dollar desalination project to address its urgent water needs. Three water experts call for a go-slow approach and point to Israel as a role model.
Knowing the ‘next drought is just around the corner’, Australia’s Water Minister Tanya Plibersek is striking a new agreement to return water and health to the Murray-Darling Basin.
Projects have not been delivered. States are bickering. If the Albanese government is to uphold its election promise to deliver the Murray plan, hard tradeoffs are needed.
Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.
Nigeria can produce more rice to feed its burgeoning population by harnessing its wastewater.
South Africa’s agriculture could do even better but is held back by power cuts and poor infrastructure
A third of South Africa’s farming income depends on irrigation. Disruptions in power supply put huge chunks of the country’s agricultural fortunes at risk.
Kenya’s irrigation development is more advanced than official records show because they exclude what some farmers are doing.
Victoria is planning to engineer wetlands so more water can go to agriculture. It’s not a good plan.
Two decades of drought have reduced the river’s flow by one-third compared to historical averages. The Biden administration is considering mandatory cuts to some states’ water allocations.
For the second time in five years, millions of fish suffocated in the Darling River. This was not a natural disaster – it’s our doing
Fifty years ago, the Salton Sea was a draw for boaters and fishermen; today it’s an ecological time bomb. Two water experts who served on a state review panel describe its proposed rescue plan.
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia
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Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Water and Food Systems, Cranfield University
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Senior Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University
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Professor, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
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Adjunct Professor Environment and Natural Resources, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Business School, University of South Australia
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
