Questions raised over bid to extract 40,000 megalitres of water a year from arid Central Australia – ABC News

An application to use 40,000 megalitres of water a year for a major fruit and vegetable project in Central Australia should be rejected, according to a water expert and a key Indigenous group.
Key points:

• The water licence could be the largest ever granted in the NT and would support one of the country’s largest fruit and vegetable farms
• Indigenous groups and a hydrogeologist say more research is needed about potential impacts
• The NT Government will not say when the license could be granted, but sources…

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