Euston vineyard owner fined $131,250 for illegal Murray River water use

November 27 2020 - 1:00pm
ILLEGAL PUMPING: A vineyard owner has copped a $131,250 fine for the theft of water from the Murray River over a four year period.
ILLEGAL PUMPING: A vineyard owner has copped a $131,250 fine for the theft of water from the Murray River over a four year period.

A vineyard owner on the NSW-Victorian border has been fined $131,250 after pleading guilty to unlawfully taking 1378 megalitres of irrigation water from the Murray River.

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