Murray Darling Basin ‘Near Full’ at Various Points as Vic Farmers Chief Challenges Water Recovery Policy

A man measures oxygen levels near an aerator in the Darling River below weir 32 near Menindee Lakes, on February 13, 2019. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Higher than average rainfall has resulted in water storage levels along the Murray-Darling Basin to be “near full” and/or “spilling” along various points, with one area hitting a six-year high, a report has found.

This comes as Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Water Council Chair Andrew Leahy criticises the federal government’s policy to recover the controversial 450 gigalitres of water for the environment through “efficiency measures.”