Dataset - MDBA Library

Managing delivery risks in the River Murray system report

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...

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Regulatory reform principles and review framework

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...

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Review of the Environmental Watering Plan 2020

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...

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Independent assessment of social and economic conditions in 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.

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Environmental water delivery mechanism documentation and assessment to...

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 water...

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Alluvium's 2025 review of the Environmental Water Plan

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 of...

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2026 Basin Plan Review Discussion Paper - references

This table outlines the references that the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) used in developing the 2026 Murray–Darling Basin Plan Review (BPR) Discussion Paper. The table...

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ACCC analysis of the operation of selected Basin Plan water trading rules

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) response to Murray–Darling Basin Authority's (MDBA's) request for preliminary input to 2026 Basin Plan Review Discussion...

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Sustainable Diversion Limit Assessment and Response Framework

The Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) Assessment and Response Framework describes the key concepts and components of SDL assessment and the approach to the development of...

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Initial SDL Assessments: Summary of assessment approach

This document provides contextual information for the reader to interpret and understand the findings produced in the initial Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) assessments. It...

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Review of water quality management in the Northern Murray–Darling Basin

This report evaluates the roles and responsibilities, legislative frameworks, and management practices related to water quality, with a specific focus on extreme events. It...

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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...

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Salt export objective and salinity targets review project

The Review of Water Quality Targets in the Basin Plan (MDBA, 2020) recommended that the Salt Export Objective (SEO) (Chapter 9, section 9.09) should be improved ahead of the...

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Water Quality in the Southern Basin

A report developed for the Murray–Darling Basin Authority which provides a summary of water quality issues and drivers, the effectiveness of policy and governance arrangements,...

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Water quality in the Murray–Darling Basin in the face of a changing climate

Understanding how climate change will affect water availability and management is one of the four key Basin Plan Review (BPR) themes. An assessment of projected climate change...

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Advice on Basin Plan Dissolved Oxygen target to inform the Basin Plan Review

In 2020, a review was undertaken into the effectiveness of water quality targets in the Water Quality and Salinity Management Plan in accordance with s13.07 of the Basin Plan...

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