As Community Runs Dry, Locals Fight New Water Source

Expert modelling says water is being drawn from the Uley South Basin, which provides three-quarters of the region’s drinking supply, at ‘unsustainable rates.’

A view of the Murray - Darling Junction in Wentworth, South Australia on February 21, 2007. Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

A “critically important” desalination plant is touted as the only viable option to prevent South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula from running out of water.

It might seem counterintuitive, but locals are mounting a fierce fight against the project.