Higher priority for lower lakes urged
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There are calls for the lower lakes region to be rated as high a priority as Lake Bonney in the Riverland. (ABC News)
A lower lakes action group is calling for the lower lakes region to be rated as high a priority as Lake Bonney in the Riverland.
Lake Bonney is receiving 10 gigalitres of environmental water in instalments.
Paul Davis from the River Lakes and Coorong Action Group says the lower lakes also deserve an environmental allocation.
He says the Federal Government should take a national approach to managing the river system and allocate water equally.
"This system here is fundamental to the health of the whole river," he said.
"Only a person who's ignorant of natural processes would say 'well we can afford to sacrifice the lower end of the river' but the lower end of the river is where you get a measure of the health of the whole system."
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