A narrow section of the Murray River has seen its water flow capacity reduced by thousands of megalitres since the 1980s due to a build-up of sand. The Murray Darling Basin Authority are working on a solution, but none will come easily.
"Removing it all is certainly not possible, but removing it at key locations that might impact the flow capacity of the river could help."
"The volumes of sand involved are often huge, and it means the most obvious options like removing the sand can often be quite impractical," he said.
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