'Systemic fix' needed for NSW water, damning report finds

By Peter Hannam
Updated September 11 2017 - 3:48pm, first published 3:42pm
GENERIC PHOTOS FOR STORY ON THE MURRAY RIVER AND THE IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES. KEY WORDS, FARMING, FARMS, WATER, DROUGHT, SOIL EROSION, HARVEST, MURRAY,  IRRIGATION, GAUGE.   MURRAY; PHOTO PAUL JONES; BRW MAG; 070528. SPECIALX 07052800
GENERIC PHOTOS FOR STORY ON THE MURRAY RIVER AND THE IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES. KEY WORDS, FARMING, FARMS, WATER, DROUGHT, SOIL EROSION, HARVEST, MURRAY, IRRIGATION, GAUGE. MURRAY; PHOTO PAUL JONES; BRW MAG; 070528. SPECIALX 07052800

NSW urgently needs a "systemic fix" of its water extraction policies after a scathing independent investigation into water theft found the state's enforcement "ineffectual" and unprofessional.

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