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Murray-Darling Basin irrigation screens aim to stop millions of native fish deaths from water pumps
Managing environmental water to protect populations of native fish has been a key part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan since it was implemented in 2012.
Key points:
- Up to 97 million fish are being lost each year through agricultural irrigation pipes
- An automatic screen solution is being trialled as an economic and environmental solution
- The screens are self-cleaning, low maintenance and low velocity and are having received a mixed response
But research in recent years has revealed that millions of native fish are being lost each year in preventable circumstances.
Fish, fingerlings, eggs, larvae, other water life and debris are being sucked into the thousands of irrigation pumps throughout the Murray-Darling river systems.
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