Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Murray are environmentally dubious. Here’s a better option

By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
Matthew Colloff, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

Governments love the idea of a win-win – even when it doesn’t exist. That’s why Victoria has been spending millions on planning “red gum irrigation ponds” – essentially, engineered wetlands along the River Murray. These wetlands are designed to save some red gum ecosystems, leave many others to decline, and redirect billions of litres of water promised to the environment to farmers.

Controversy has followed these projects.…

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