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The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has reassured communities the storages and weirs are well positioned to meet irrigation, community, and environmental needs this summer.

Despite a dry start to the water year with inflows well below average, the total active storage volume for the Murray–Darling Basin remains high at 6,770 gigalitres (GL).

Each year we release an Annual Operating Outlook for the River Murray. It explains how we may operate the River Murray system across a range of possible climatic and rainfall scenarios.

Did you know that Fivebough Wetlands is of national and international significance? Whitton Murrami Public School students do, thanks to their Basin Heroes.

Updated operational planning for the Murray River has sharpened focus on the potential for dry conditions to continue through to winter 2019.

Joint media release published with GMW.

Communities along the River Murray in New South Wales and Victoria are advised to expect variable flows during spring and to consider adjusting their activities, pumps and moorings...

Early Warning Network service improvements at Hume Dam.

WaterNSW is starting to reduce the rate that water is released from the Menindee Lakes system this week, as orders from the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) begin to ease.