Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-10-28 Daily Xml

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Lower Lakes Water Cycling Program

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (15:10): By way of a supplementary question, what is the minimum amount of water required for a lake cycling episode, given reasonable flows, and what is the maximum amount of water required, given poor environmental flows?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (15:10): As I said, it is complicated and the results will be different, depending on the season and the conditions we face in the local environment. So, there is no minimum and maximum that I can give of one figure for each; it is conditional on the environmental conditions of the river and the season.