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Northern Basin enters new year still in drought
Much of the northern Basin is beginning 2021 with little reprieve from its prolonged dry period. This is despite drought-breaking rain in other parts of the Murray–Darling Basin over the past couple of months.
The MDBA head of River Management, Andrew Reynolds, said the whole of the Queensland part of the Basin remained drought declared, and northern and far-west regions of New South Wales were still waiting for significant rainfall to help replenish their river systems.
“The northern Basin’s water storage levels have started the year lower than we’d hoped, despite the influence of La Niña,” Mr Reynolds said.