ahjay says I don't understand how this got to be such a mess but...

ahjay says I don't understand how this got to be such a mess but why is so muchof this water system allowed to flow out into the ocean?

I think one reason for for the MDB "Plan" being so extreme that a wide range of people are in recent times advocating an end or severe cut backs to environmental flows - is that the plan was formulated in the shadows of the wet years 2010-2011.

http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/rain/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=percent&year=2010&month=12&period=12month&area=nat

http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/rain/archive.jsp?colour=colour&map=percent&year=2011&month=12&period=12month&area=nat