MINISTER for Natural Resources, Lands and Water Kevin Humphries was warned of the risk of not getting the Murray Darling Basin Plan implementation right last week.
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Murray Irrigation chairman Bruce Simpson and Southern Riverina Irrigators Chairman John Bradford met with Mr Humphries on Friday.
"Irrigators are highly vulnerable, yet implementation of the plan is out of our control," Mr Simpson said.
"From now on, much of the actual implementation work is up to the states to determine, but if they get it wrong the Commonwealth will be back in our areas buying back water and that impacts across our community.
"We explained to the Minister that comments about not supporting buyback are welcome, but the reality is the Commonwealth is in the market and we need more than words.
“The state must achieve the SDL offsets through the adjustment mechanism to minimise the amount of water to be recovered from irrigators,” he said.
