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January 13, 2007
The dry conditions and lack of run off into the Murray-Darling river system in 2006 has meant that many of the wetlands along the River Murray are disconnected from the River Murray and been left to dry out.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Boatshed, Lake Alexandrina, 2004
There is an emergency plan to build a weir between Wellington and Talem Bend to protect Adelaide's drinking water from the River Murray. probably means that Lake Alexandrina will slowly dry up.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Lake Alexandrina, 2004
The lake is very shallow and suffers from a lot of evaporation during the summer. Still it was an artificial fresh water lake with barriers on the Murray Mouth side to protect the influx of sea water. The fresh water was a water supply for irrigators (wineries) and dairy farmers.
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