South Australia's reservoirs are back to the low levels of the Millennium Drought era. But most of us aren't facing water restrictions this time around, largely because the state has something it didn't have back then – a desalination plant.
ABC South West: Anthony PanciaBut now the state's reservoirs are back to the low levels of that era – and perhaps the only good news is most South Australians aren't facing water restrictions .The Millennium Drought had a devastating impact
Adelaide's water supply was threatened, irrigators were restricted, and there were major environmental impacts. The only problem was by the time it was built and producing water in 2012, the worst of the drought was over.Supplied: SA WaterInstead of pumping out 100 gigalitres a year, it was running at a bare minimum – just enough to keep it ticking over."It's just costing us an absolute monty ... it's a very expensive experiment," opposition spokeswoman Michelle Lensink said at the time., designed to trade-off some of SA's Murray allocation for farmers to grow animal feed.
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