See article by Paton www.advertiser.com.au Dec 23, 2008 PAGE 22

I spent the solstice (last Sunday) watching the pumps at Narrung, frantically pumping water from Lake Alexandrina into Lake Albert. It looked like old bile, a foamy brown, sort of like trying to resuscitate a corpse. It looks like money is being spent and equipment is being used, but it is only for appearances and for money. Lack of an environmental ethic is the cause of the problem.

If it ever rains again, we should have a plan to store all of the freshwater that is owed to the Coorong, which is 2000 GL, then we are only allowed to use the excess OVER and ABOVE the environmental water. Only if we respect the lakes ecosystem, will we be allowed to live and profit on this land. That is the law the local Traditional people followed, from thousands of years of experience.


Photograph by Joan Gibbs