"Unlicensed dams can 'severely compromise the environment
Advocates say the Moorabool River in Victoria's west is facing a deepening crisis, with a reported 218 new private dams appearing in the catchment since 2012. The government should be embarrassed it took a volunteer community group to expose such a vast problem."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/unlicensed-dams-devastating-the-moorabool/102411916
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