Climate change risks to water quality in the Murray–Darling Basin

This paper explores water quality risks under climate change in the Basin through a synthesis of some of the main recent reviews and literature.

It focuses on:

• the role of the Basin Plan regarding water quality (Section 1)
• water quality issues and drivers (Section 2)
• recent patterns and trends (Section 3)
• water quality risks under climate change (Section 4), and
• 0pportunities for adaptation (Section 5).