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State governments are responsible for allocating water. Each state approaches allocations differently, and multiple factors can affect allocations.

Water plays a fundamental role in sustaining life. We need water for core human needs such as drinking, food preparation and hygiene.

Water holders and communities along the River Murray should be aware that there is a risk that water cannot be delivered to users when they want it.

The Basin Plan, under schedule 3, provides an estimate, in GL’s, of the baseline diversion limit (BDL) for all forms of take listed in the schedule for an SDL Resource Unit.

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.

Joint media release published with GMW.

With Easter falling within the irrigation period, there is an improved likelihood of river flows and heights remaining stable—which is good news for local communities and visitors to the River Murray downstream of Hume Dam and Yarrawonga looking to enjoy river recreation over the holiday period.

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.