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Article: Fed: Cold water threatening Australian rivers

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January 17, 2002
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Fed: Cold water threatening Australian rivers

CANBERRA, Jan 17 AAP - Cold water released from large dams is threatening Australia's rivers, endangering native fish species and harming tourism, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said today.

The WWF and Inland Rivers Network (IRN) called for the federal and state governments to take urgent action and establish national protocols to control the problem.

IRN coordinator Greg Williams said all big rivers in an arc between Moree in northern NSW and Bendigo in Victoria were polluted by cold water discharge each spring and summer.

He said more than 2,500 kilometres of major rivers in NSW were estimated to be seriously ...

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