Boyne River irrigators could be without water supply from March

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated January 25 2017 - 8:34am, first published January 24 2017 - 1:00pm
"The last time the 70,000Ml cut off rule was enforced we were without water for over two and a half years, you can imagine the stress and financial difficulties that our families went through" - Boyne River Irrigator Advisory Committee Chairman Ken Darrow
"The last time the 70,000Ml cut off rule was enforced we were without water for over two and a half years, you can imagine the stress and financial difficulties that our families went through" - Boyne River Irrigator Advisory Committee Chairman Ken Darrow

BOYNE River irrigators and producers are facing a nervous wait for rain with the water supply from Boondooma Dam set to be cut off in March if levels continue to drop.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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