Australian government leaders struck an agreement Thursday to conserve water on a crucial river system, but Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the deal will not end the threat that a record drought poses to the waterway's ecological health.
Rudd and state leaders signed off on a 3.7 billion Australian dollar (US$3.6 billion) agreement that will reduce the amount of water wasted by farmers and towns who drain it from the drought-stricken Murray-Darling river system.
Rudd's plan is to improve infrastructure to reduce water losses from leaking pipes and evaporation from open irrigation channels. That would mean more water would eventually flow to the river's …
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