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 Murray–Darling Basin Authority completed a review of the EWP (Chapter 8 of the Murray−Darling Basin Plan). The purpose of this review was to assess the effectiveness of the EWP in contributing to the achievement of the environmental objectives for the water-dependent ecosystems of the Murray−Darling Basin.
The Authority undertook the EWP 2020 review in consultation with a range of stakeholders, including Basin state governments, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO), the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE), state water planners, scientists, Murray–Darling Basin peak organisations and First Nations.
The review found that the EWP is effectively co-ordinating the planning, prioritisation and use of environmental water across the Basin.
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