Plea to Federal Govt over lower lakes
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Plea to Federal Govt to prevent flooding of lower lakes with sea water. (ABC News: file photo)
The Federal Government is being urged to prevent sea water being added to South Australia's lower lakes.
The South Australian Government has applied to the Federal Government for permission to let sea water into the lakes if salinity levels become critical.
Alexandrina Council's John Coombe says he does not believe the State Government when it says that fresh water is not available.
"We believe the senate inquiry made it quite clear that there would need to be 60 gigalitres of water to be released and that would certainly carry the system through the summer period, so 60 gigalitres is not a lot to ask for to save an environmental disaster," he said.
"What we're talking about is a system that has been grossly mismanaged over decades, it is about time that the Prime Minister came forward and made and took some decisive action."
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