Common Contracts
1 similar River Murray Waters Agreement Supplemental Agreement contracts
RIVER MURRAY WATERS AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT BILL 1963 Legislative Council, 31 October 1963 page 1402 Second readingRiver Murray Waters Agreement Supplemental Agreement • August 16th, 2020
Its object is to ratify and approve an agreement made between the Commonwealth and the States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia concerning the utilization for a period of seven years of water from the Menindee storage on the River Darling. The Bill itself is very short, providing only by clause 5 for ratification and approval of the the agreement is set out in the schedule to the Bill. With the growing demand for water from the River Murray in the three riparian States serious shortages could occur before the Chowilla reservoir is completed and becomes effective. The length of the intervening period will depend upon the rate of construction of the Chowilla dam and river flows in the years immediately following completion of the work In the circumstances it is possible that the Chowilla dam will make no useful contribution until the year 1970, and steps should be taken to safeguard supplies up to that time.
