Weatherill to push for more Murray water despite 'marginal benefits'

By David Wroe and Rebekah Holliday
Updated October 9 2012 - 2:44pm, first published 2:19pm
Premier Jay Weatherill.
Premier Jay Weatherill.

Raising the amount of water returned to the environment to 3200 billion litres a year and finding ways around the flooding of private property, bridges and roads could significantly boost the health of the Murray Darling basin's wetlands and flood plains, new modelling has found.

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