This week we’ve got a big program lined up about a little project, you might not have heard much about: The Wilcannia Weir replacement.

A new weir for Wilcannia, a small town located on the Darling-Baaka River, has been a project that has been on the table for over 50 years and attempted many times. In 2018, it seemed the project would finally be delivered and after two years of consultation the community had agreed upon a design.

But late last year the project was thrown into disarray...

This two part series tells the story of how a community went from being united with a government vision on their town weir to now opposing its construction…  

This week we’ve got a big program lined up about a little project, you might not have heard much about: The Wilcannia Weir replacement.
A new weir for Wilcannia, a small town located on the Darling-Baaka River, has been a project that has been on the table for over 50 years and attempted many times. In 2018, it seemed the project would finally be delivered and after two years of consultation the community had agreed upon a design.
But late last year the project was thrown into disarray...
This two part series tells the story of how a community went from being united with a government vision on their town weir to now opposing its construction…

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Episode 58: What happened to Wilcannia's Weir? Part 1

It’s been a wonderful journey for Dan and Megan over the past 3 years and 100 programs. We’ve loved every minute, but today we have some sad news. 

This is going to be our last program of Water Watch in its current weekly format.

To bid us goodbye, we want to invite you on one last special, taking you through our favourite moments where our little program opened us up to new ways of understanding our waterways or dug deep into the details of big policy discussions. 

While we won’t be making weekly programs, Dan and I are still 100% committed to the cause and there are so many important stories out there. Wherever you are we wholeheartedly encourage you to grab that microphone and start your own conversation about water!

We’d like to thank the community broadcasting foundation for funding water watch over the past 2 years. The Community radio network for sharing water watch around Australia. 2DRY FM for being our home base. And everyone who has contributed, shared their story, got in touch with us or listened in, THANK YOU!

It&rsquo;s been a wonderful journey for Dan and Megan over the past 3 years and 100 programs. We&rsquo;ve loved every minute, but today we have some sad news.&nbsp;
This is going to be our last program of Water Watch in its current weekly format.
To bid us goodbye, we want to invite you on one last special, taking you through our favourite moments where our little program opened us up to new ways of understanding our waterways or dug deep into the details of big policy discussions.&nbsp;
While we won&rsquo;t be making weekly programs, Dan and I are still 100% committed to the cause and there are so many important stories out there. Wherever you are we wholeheartedly encourage you to grab that microphone and start your own conversation about water!
We&rsquo;d like to thank the community broadcasting foundation for funding water watch over the past 2 years. The Community radio network for sharing water watch around Australia. 2DRY FM for being our home base. And everyone who has contributed, shared their story, got in touch with us or listened in, THANK YOU!

Episode 102: Goodbye for now

Imagine buying 11 acres in the countyside only to find out 9 months in that a new mine is proposed just down the road. Thats's the story of Dan Sutton from the Belubula Headwaters Protection Group who you'll hear from this week.    

Imagine buying 11 acres in the countyside only to find out 9 months in that a new mine is proposed just down the road. Thats's the story of Dan Sutton from the Belubula Headwaters Protection Group who you'll hear from this week.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Episode 101: Belubula Headwaters Protection

South Australia's coast has been inundated with a toxic algae bloom, killing aquatic wildlife, closing down industry and leading to calls for a national disaster status. 

In the past four months a toxic marine algae bloom has spread north through Gulf St Vincent, across Kangaroo Island, into Spencer Gulf and around Port Lincoln—and is now edging towards Adelaide’s metro beaches. Last month, it reached the North Lagoon of the Coorong, a Ramsar-listed wetland, where it killed sandworms, crabs and fish, vital food sources for migratory birds and fisheries.

This week we hear from estuarine ecologist Faith Coleman who has been on the frontlines of this ecological crisis about how she discovered it and what it is doing to the environment and community.

 

 

South Australia's coast has been inundated with a toxic algae bloom, killing aquatic wildlife, closing down industry and leading to calls for a national disaster status.&nbsp;
In the past four months a toxic marine algae bloom has spread north through Gulf St Vincent, across Kangaroo Island, into Spencer Gulf and around Port Lincoln&mdash;and is now edging towards Adelaide&rsquo;s metro beaches. Last month, it reached the North Lagoon of the Coorong, a Ramsar-listed wetland, where it killed sandworms, crabs and fish, vital food sources for migratory birds and fisheries.
This week we hear from estuarine ecologist Faith Coleman who has been on the frontlines of this ecological crisis about how she discovered it and what it is doing to the environment and community.
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