/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2021/10/28/blasting-the-zombie-out-of-water-saving-tech A team of scientists, including experts from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it. October 28 2021 Kelly Brown /newsroom/news/list/2021/10/28/blasting-the-zombie-out-of-water-saving-tech /newsroom/news/list/2019/12/05/rural-decline-not-driven-by-water-recovery New research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has shown that climate and economic factors are the main drivers of farmers leaving their properties in the Murray-Darling Basin, not reduced water for irrigation as commonly claimed. December 05 2019 Robyn Mills /newsroom/news/list/2019/12/05/rural-decline-not-driven-by-water-recovery