Write to your local paper

Express your concerns about the draft Basin Plan.

Letter to the editor contacts:

• Adelaide Advertiser: advedit@adv.newsltd.com.au
• The Land (NSW): letters.theland@ruralpress.com
• The Weekly Times (VIC): wtimes@theweeklytimes.com.au
• Stock & Land: stockandland@ruralpress.com
• Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic): editorial@riverineherald.com.au
• Murray Valley Standard: editor.mvstandard@ruralpress.com
• Murray Pioneer (Renmark, SA): editor@murraypioneer.com.au
• Lakelander, (Meningie, SA): lakelander@internode.on.net
• River News, (Waikerie, SA): rivnews@riverland.net.au

Here are key facts that you might find useful:

• In less than a century, water extraction from the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin has increased by 500%.
• Healthy rivers and wetlands provide economic benefits to communities and industry in the Murray-Darling Basin worth around $2.1 billion a year
• Near the mouth of the Murray-Darling in South Australia, lack of water-flows, increasing salinity and poor water quality has led to the collapse of businesses and communities: the number of dairy farms near the mouth of the Murray-Darling in South Australia has reduced from 23 to three.
• Returning water to the river will reduce salinity and improve water quality with a benefit of $350m to food production and drinking water treatment in the lower Murray.

You can find more facts and figures under the Media Briefs  and the Frequently Asked Questions sections of our website.