date:Jan 10, 2013
As the capital of Australias driest state, the citys extended suburbs have increasingly been suffering from the encroachment of urban development, and alongside it the pressure for water resources.
The legislation passed by the state parliament covers 40,000 hectares of farm land in the McLaren Vale region, to the south of Adelade, and almost 150,000 hectares in the Barossa Valley to the north.
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