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The Australian Government is working with the New South Wales and Queensland governments to implement a suite of water management tools – the Northern Basin Toolkit.

Water delivery shortfalls are rare but occur when available water cannot be delivered to users when they want it. For example, it could happen because demand exceeds the physical capacity of rivers and channels to carry the water, or when demands for water unexpectedly spike and there's not enough time to release additional water from dams to meet the demand.

Murray–Darling Basin Authority Chair Sir Angus Houston addresses the River reflections conference.

A massive turnaround in conditions has seen the volume of water in government-owned dams in the Murray–Darling Basin 2.5x higher than at the same time 2 years ago.

Water in the River Murray system is shared between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

The Murray–Darling Basin has a highly variable climate, with conditions differing each year and across regions. Planning for wet and dry conditions is a major challenge for river operators, water resource managers and the community.

The climate of the Murray–Darling Basin is changing, with a warmer, drier future that includes more frequent droughts and extreme weather events.

A solid foundation for building Basin science, based on collaboration and co-design, is detailed in the Water and Environment Research Program’s (MD–WERP) first annual report released last week.

A new service that will support Murray–Darling Basin communities to better manage water resources, the Australian Water Outlook (AWO) has been launched by the Bureau of Meteorology.

Thanks to a new outlook tool, farmers now have access to extreme climate condition information beyond the traditional 7-day weather forecast.