Mitigation muddies water of Gulf announcement

By Sally Cripps
Updated August 28 2015 - 4:12am, first published 4:00am
The government strategy of using water flows at Walker's Bend as a way of triggering pumping in the upper Flinders isn't practical, according to potential irrigators at Hughenden.
The government strategy of using water flows at Walker's Bend as a way of triggering pumping in the upper Flinders isn't practical, according to potential irrigators at Hughenden.

QUESTIONS over mitigation strategies and allocation amounts are muddying the water of the state government's amended Gulf Water Resource Plan and Gulf Resource Operations Plan.

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