SA: Widespread rain fails to help SA Murray irrigators

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2008
SA: Widespread rain fails to help SA Murray irrigators

ADELAIDE, Feb 21 AAP - Widespread rain and flooding in some areas of Queensland and
New South Wales won't help irrigators along the River Murray in South Australia, the state
government says.

River Murray Minister Karlene Maywald said allocations to irrigators would remain at
32 per cent this year because of the lack of water flowing into SA.

"Despite widespread rain and flooding in some parts of Australia, the inflows to the
Murray-Darling Basin in …