THE recent spate of toxic algal blooms has spread across more of northern Victoria with an entire irrigation district warned to stay away from its water.
Close to 700 kilometres of the Murray River has been choked by blue-green algae over the past fortnight, and last night the Murray Valley irrigation district was advised the channels that carry water to farms were affected.
It means farmers in towns such as Nathalia cannot even use the water for stock purposes, and, like the river, human contact is strongly discouraged.
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