Murray-Darling: testing times expected as extended dry period approaches

By Peter Hannam
Updated July 29 2017 - 3:49pm, first published 1:00pm
The Murray and Darling rivers meet at Wentworth in NSW. Photo: Justin McManus
The Murray and Darling rivers meet at Wentworth in NSW. Photo: Justin McManus

Farmers and nature have been at odds in the Murray-Darling Basin ever since the first European settlers, desperate for water, found that river flows were unreliable and out of sync with their needs.

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