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An overview of water market trading, water allocation, interstate trade and rules and compiance in the Murray-Darling Basin.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met in Canberra on 3-4 December 2019.

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

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.

Menindee Lakes can now be used to help meet downstream demand for water, as good Darling River flows continue to boost the lakes' storage volume.

Trading water from above the Barmah Choke to below the choke will continue to be restricted into the 2016–17 water year.

Trading water from above the Barmah Choke to below the choke will continue to be restricted into the 2015-16 water year.

As of 3:30pm on 22 May, the volume of water able to be traded from above to below the Barmah Choke was sitting at 18,798.6 megalitres.

Record low inflows and river levels in recent years have led to the drying of many wetlands in the Murray–Darling Basin.

Record low inflows and river levels in recent years have led to the drying of many wetlands in the Murray–Darling Basin.