Australian: THE Murray-Darling Basin has made an appalling start to 2009, reporting the lowest three months of water inflows on record and prompting the basin authority to warn that water for critical human needs could not be guaranteed forever. Delivering the latest two-monthly drought update, Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Rob Freeman said yesterday the extreme mix of minimal rainfall, depleted dams and a grim climate outlook for autumn was unprecedented. While drinking …