Murray-Darling Basin could be missing billions of litres of water, study claims

Hundreds of billions of litres of water is missing from the Murray-Darling Basin, according to a new report.

Billions of dollars has been spent trying to restore
water to the Murray-Darling Basin river system.

An Australian National University (ANU) study claimed the Federal Government had grossly exaggerated the amount of water being returned to the system via water savings.

The recovered water was meant to boost environmental flows.

Co-author Professor John Williams said the lack of water may be a contributing factor in ecological issues affecting the river.

Read the story from ABC News by Rachel Carbonell, Tom Iggulden and Jesse Davies - “Murray-Darling Basin could be missing billions of litres of water, study claims.”