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The What we heard report is an honest reflection of what we heard, in people’s own words and highlights the issues they believe are most important for the future. This report...

Phytoplankton and physico-chemical monitoring along the River Murray were established in 1978 under the River Murray Water Quality Monitoring Program (RMWQMP). The phytoplankton...

This paper summarises the key findings from Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) commissioned studies to better understand the risk of shortfalls in the lower Murray system...

A five-step framework for the Murray–Darling Basin Authority to consider using when prioritising the list of potential regulatory changes to the Basin Plan. This framework...

The Environmental Watering Plan (EWP) provides guidance on how water for the environment should be used to achieve the ecological objectives of the Basin Plan. In 2020, the...

This assessment of social and economic conditions in the Basin was commissioned in mid-2019 by the then Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources.

This report provides a summary of the following matters in relation to the delivery of Held Environmental Water (HEW):

• all current formal and informal environmental...

The Environmental Watering Plan (EWP), set out in Chapter 8 of the Basin Plan 2012, provides a strategic framework to coordinate the planning, prioritisation, and use...

This project describes the trend and condition of Basin communities and economies. It models the impact of the Basin Plan on population numbers, irrigated and dryland...

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) water bird survey is an annual survey of waterbird populations and recruitment at 38 important wetland and river sites in the...

This project surveyed through the University of Canberra’s (UC) Regional Wellbeing Survey (RWS) over 6000 Basin residents in 2023 on community conditions, wellbeing, values and...

Overview The fish monitoring analysis that underpinned the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020 drew predominately on annual fish monitoring sampling data, from the Murray–Darling Basin...

Overview The reporting of this data is required to meet statutory obligations under Schedule 12 of the Basin Plan (2012). Reporting of environment water use refers to...

Overview Estimates of inflows into catchments was a core component of the hydrologic condition analysis done for the 2020 Basin Plan Evaluation. These catchment inflows were...

Overview The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) analysed hydrologic condition in the Basin across a range of metrics or 'flow components'. The immediate results of this...

Overview The hydrologic analysis that underpinned the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020 drew predominately on watercourse discharge observations made at gauging stations across the...

Overview The hydrologic condition analysis for the 2020 Basin Plan Evaluation drew on data of estimated flows derived from hydrologic modelling done during the development of...

Overview The reporting of this data is required to meet statutory obligations under the Basin Plan. Reporting against vegetation targets is specified in the Basin Plan as well...

Community Wellbeing Indices This data set is published in the technical report prepared for the Independent assessment of the social and economic conditions in...

Overview The aerial waterbird survey (AWS) analysis that underpinned the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020 drew predominately on annual aerial survey data across 38 key wetlands across...