Australia on 22 November 2012 approved the plan to save the
Murray-Darling Basin, an ailing river system. As per the plan, the sum
total of five Sydney Harbour’s worth of water to the network every
year. Murray-Darling Basin river system is vital to the Australia’s
food bowl. This river network is sprawling across five Australian states
and covering the area of one million square kilometers. Two million
tonnes of salt will also be flushed out each year under the plan.
The concerned river system affects the livelihood of millions of
people, but due to overexploitation it is ailing now. It suffers from
increased salt concentrations as well as depletion in its amount of
water because of draught.
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