Individual,

Is the problem too many humans or too many uninformed humans, ignorant due to ABC MSM gagging?
If humans were informed through genuine general communication so debate could take place it would be possible for politicians and public service managers to better understand some of the problems and solutions.

I agree there is a great deal of existing specific knowledge, but there is not a lot of general understanding of that knowledge from an individual point of view.

Example, I have evidence of substance pertaining to malnutrition and seafood dependent people and ongoing damage ocean ecosystems linked to that malnutrition continuing and worsening, yet I am presently based and researching catchment near Packsaddle NSW, looking at feasibility of solutions.

I don’t want to do all this by myself. MSM should be sharing the opportunities form solutions, such as development of more business and employment and prosperity for farmers and other people worldwide. The water ecosystem of this planet and its problems and solutions involves everyone.

Not far away there is a pipeline transporting natural gas from Moomba to Brisbane and also Sydney. Each day both those cities dump fresh water loaded sewage nutrient into waters of the Australian east coast sediment dispersal current that flows northwards where nutrient is proliferating over abundance of algae causing hypoxia and eutrophication.

Imagine if/when the Moomba gas pipeline reaches its use-by date and could be retrofitted with solar powered water pumps to reverse the flow and transport fresh water with nutrient far inland. Or consider a new black polythene pipeline could be installed for water in the same almost-straight gas pipeline corridor.

Developing infrastructure for less nutrient pollution in ocean ecosystems while also increasing more water and fertilizer supply for farmers. Increase exports. Why not?

I am also assessing feasibility of using deep steel aqueduct to harvest and transport northern Qld wet season water into SE Qld, NW NSW, into the Murray Darling, so as to also relieve stress on the water-starved Coorong.
The Coorong should be feeding southern ocean fish for fisheries.

Inland and ocean insight is involved. Savvy?

northern Qld wet season water into SE Qld, NW NSW, into the Murray Darling, so as to also relieve stress on the water-starved Coorong.
JF Aus,
Welcome to the Bradfield scheme support group !

Individual,

As far as I'm aware, the Coorong is outside the Goolwa Barrages, and it's saline, getting fresh wash from the tides, at least at its western end. The river water is deliberately trapped behind the Barrages, and maybe a metre below the high tide level. I don't think the Barrage workers flush fresh water into the Coorong at low tide, but I could be wrong.

Joe

The Bardfield Scheme to my understanding was to pump fresh water from rivers east of the Great Dividing Range, up over the range to land and rivers west of the range.
I think the scheme failed to go ahead because of the very high cost of pumping significant amounts of heavy water up and over the range.

The system I suggest is to harvest intense wet season rain in the upper catchment of the Gregory Range, then decant it from holding areas into aqueduct running southwards.
The suggested aqueduct would remain as high as possible and almost level along the range, following the contours, winding in and out around valleys as it takes water southward.
No pumps are required so no cost there.
In fact I think hydropower would be possible in a few areas.

The idea is to harvest excess water that normally flows wasted into the Gulf Of Carpentaria. This is not about dams on existing rivers, or taking water from inland rivers.
Its about harvesting from the high catchment with remote and control of the harvest and flow.
The system would not stop rain and river flow on the lower catchment. If there is no penny pinching in development it could perhaps also enhance inland river flow, such as to Lake Eyre.

I think high catchment of the eastern side of the range could also harvest presently wasted fresh water supply, through relatively short tunnels plus steel aqueduct.

No doubt many people have thought of sending east coast water inland. Obviously, the key is doing it economically. And now also to benefit the ocean.

JF Aus,
This is the first time I heard the term pump in relation to the scheme. I have to do some deeper reading there. I'd have thought dams & weirs & possible some tunnels were planned to change the flow west. It doesn't actually have to flow straight through straight away, as long as the artesian basins are replenished to capacity the water will start flowing on the surface. The Greens won't need to worry about desert rats etc drowning because because their instincts will tell them to climb higher when their butts get wet wet, unlike some greens who'd probably just sit there & drown.
Anyhow, sooner or later they will construct it because they'll have to.

One of the big polluting factors is run-off due to excessive built-up area. Water does not get a chance to filter through the soil into the ground & simply runs off into the waterways to the sea, taking along pollution.