Gwydir and Border Rivers will see reduced supplementary allocations

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Updated June 16 2021 - 12:42pm, first published 12:20pm
Gwydir irrigators argue a reduction in access to supplementary water, could actually increase the chance of water spilling from the river and creating opportunities for floodplain harvesting. Photo: Rabbit Hop Films
Gwydir irrigators argue a reduction in access to supplementary water, could actually increase the chance of water spilling from the river and creating opportunities for floodplain harvesting. Photo: Rabbit Hop Films

Gwydir Valley irrigators have hit out at the NSW Parliament after supplementary water users in the Gwydir and Border Rivers were informed their allocations would be reduced, as an apparent consequence of floodplain harvesting regulations being disallowed.

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Olivia Calver

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Journalist for The Land

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