The heat wave masks a potentially more serious problem. Our dwindling water storages.

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Our country's history is littered with great ideas, to help nature along; think cane toads, mynahs, rabbits et al. Will we never learn?

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Not sure what that has to do with water, Ian.

Bob, every time humans make major changes to nature, we wreck the environment. We need to adapt to the environment, not adapt the environment.

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Bob, every time humans make major changes to nature, we wreck the environment. We need to adapt to the environment, not adapt the environment.

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I agree Ian. However all we would be doing is go back to the future. There was an inland sea back in the day, and using the channels available now, we could move water south.

Eromanga Sea: Australia’s inland ocean could return

Water supply is only a problem because so much is wasted. Too convenient for people in the cities to just use as much as they like. Farm irrigation is something that has to be better managed in this country.