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Spend a mere $15 and you can be personally responsible for returning about 75,000 litres of water to the struggling Murray-Darling river system!

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has launched a major water buyback program based on donations from the public in an attempt to boost the river. The Federal Government is already buying back from farmers more than $3 billion worth of water, but the ACF is attempting to buy even more with funds donated by the general public and corporate sponsors. Since launching the campaign in March, the ACF has already beaten its initial target of buying 200 million litres (approximately $40,000 worth).

Victoria's Hattah Lakes, a collection of shallow lakes, creeks and swamps near Mildura , has been selected as the best place to use the water because it responded strongly to some environmental watering delivered by the Victorian Government last year.

The Federal Government has also committed an overall $350 million to buy back water in Queensland.

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