Mark de Jong, Senior Environmental Officer in the SA Department for Environment and Water and Phil Staniford, Manager for KBR’s Water & Environment consulting business in SA and WA speak with Peter Dredge about the South East Flows Restoration Project which was established after the Millennium Drought to manage salinity levels in the Coorong South Lagoon and prevent further ecological degradation. They discuss the question if local ideas and collaboration will secure the future of the internationally significant Coorong.