Namoi Valley cotton crop halved as dam releases to stop by December

John Ellicott
Updated November 14 2018 - 5:39pm, first published October 23 2018 - 11:00am
Keepit Dam in the good times. The dam is likely to close in December with the dam falling to just two per cent of capacity.
Keepit Dam in the good times. The dam is likely to close in December with the dam falling to just two per cent of capacity.

A critical water shortage in the big cotton producing belt of the Namoi Valley is playing out with the major supply dam on the river likely to cease flows by December and further “hard decisions” on water supply to follow.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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