The MDBA explains why they ran the Murray high last summer

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Updated June 14 2019 - 11:48am, first published 5:00am
A map of water's journey from Hume Dam to Lake Victoria. The MDBA said the Murray ran high in summer because less natural inflows meant more water had to travel from Hume to make the South Australian allocation in time.
A map of water's journey from Hume Dam to Lake Victoria. The MDBA said the Murray ran high in summer because less natural inflows meant more water had to travel from Hume to make the South Australian allocation in time.

Common sense would conclude that rivers run low during droughts, but last summer after well below average rains the Murray river was higher than many had seen it in some time.

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Olivia Calver

Journalist

Journalist for The Land

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