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Environmental groups say the NT government's draft water allocation plan prioritises big business at the cost of rivers

Environmentalists are raising the alarm over a draft Northern Territory government plan which they say will let industries such as gas and cotton take an "unprecedented" level of Top End groundwater.

Under the draft Georgina Wiso water allocation plan, released on Friday, the NT government says more than 262 gigalitres of water can be taken "sustainably" each year within the Daly, Roper and Beetaloo district. 

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