Australia’s Water Wars

Australia’s recent 12-year drought hit rural farm communities hard, forcing farms to get by with drastically less water. Now the government may ask farmers to cut their water usage by another 30 or 40 percent. A three-part series by Jason Margolis

An Update on Australia’s Water Wars

Environment

This spring, a 20-week public consultation concluded. The draft plan has re-enflamed arguments between irrigators and environmentalists, and pitted states against states

Miners vs. Farmers in Australia

Protecting Northern Australia’s Waterways

Australia (Photo: Jason Margolis)

Rationing Water in Australia’s Agricultural Heartland

Environment