‘Ecosystems are collapsing’: one of Australia’s longest rivers has lost more than half its water in one section, research shows

Murrumbidgee River, in New South Wales, had 55% less water in 2018 than it did in 1988, with the Lowbidgee Floodplain hardest hit

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A section of one of Australia’s longest rivers, the Murrumbidgee, lost more than half of its water over a 30-year period due to dams and other diversions, according to new research.

Scientists at the University of New South Wales examined the impacts of dam infrastructure and irrigation on natural water flows in the lower Murrumbidgee River since 1890.

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