The Age · National / WA

The ‘risky’ plan to take 31,000 Olympic swimming pools from beneath WA’s largest river

· By Holly Thompson
Story summary

Environmentalists warn a major river in northern Western Australia and its inhabitants – including the endangered freshwater sawfish – are under threat from a groundwater management plan that will result in the equivalent of more than 31,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools being taken from the region each year.

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