Calls to remove Lower Lakes barrages 'put to bed' by new report

Jamieson Murphy
Updated May 12 2020 - 4:44pm, first published 3:45pm
FRESH STUDY: The report concluded the lake was largely fresh water before European settlement.
FRESH STUDY: The report concluded the lake was largely fresh water before European settlement.

THE controversial calls to dismantle the Lower Lakes barrages have been "put to bed" by a CSIRO-led study, which found removing the man-made barriers would not save water.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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