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Changing water use cited in background to Menindee fish kills
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
A 2023 report citing the New South Wales Chief Scientist places changing water use in the background of fish deaths at Menindee, Australia. The fish of the Menindee waters are the nature at stake.
What?
Changing water use is part of the background to the Menindee fish kills, per a 2023 report citing the NSW Chief Scientist. Wellington Times
Where?
Menindee, New South Wales, Australia. Wellington Times
When?
Source dated 2023; the dates of the fish deaths are not given in the sources reviewed. Wellington Times
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The sources reviewed name changing water use as background; no mechanism is given. Wellington Times
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What happened
The record, in order.
A 2023 Wellington Times report, citing the New South Wales Chief Scientist, says changing water use is part of the background to the Menindee fish kills.
The account is secondary: it relays the Chief Scientist's view rather than a primary report.
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed give no count of fish killed and no dates for the fish deaths.
- None on record The specific changes in water use are not described in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gained or lost from the changes in water use.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Menindee fish kills (summary)Wellington Times · 2023