As
the years go on, the Murray Darling River System’s condition has been
increasingly affected and continues to drop to poor conditions.
Here
are a few biological issues:·
Fish
and aquatic macro-invertebrates populations have decreased and are in poor
condition.·
Vegetation
along the entire river is in poor condition. ·
Wetland
quality has significantly reduced. ·
10%
of the whole river length is found to be impaired.Here
are a few environmental and sustainability issues.·
Nutrients
and suspended sediment loads are excessive and increasing towards the mouth of
the river.·
Salinity
is increasing due to rises in the groundwater level in the river.·
Several
floodplains have lost its connection.·
Bank
erosion occurs more and more often.·
Around
95% of the river length is found to have an environmental condition that was
degraded. 30% was substantially modified from the original condition.·
Unseasonal
flooding of wetlands.·
The
drought.·
Chemical
pollution in the water.
