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Water resource plans are an integral part of implementing the Basin Plan. They set new rules on how much water can be taken from the system, ensuring the sustainable diversion limit is not exceeded over time.

The River Murray Water Quality Monitoring Program has captured physical and chemical data from 28 River Murray and tributary sites since 1978. This report examines long-term trends in water quality and drivers of change.

In May 2020, the MDBA released its Sustainable diversion limit accounting improvement strategy 2020–2025, in response to the findings and recommendations of the SDL accounting ‘health check’ – independent panel review in 2019.

Watch this month's update from our Chief Executive, Andrew McConville.

After water is used some of it can return back to the river system – this water is known as a ‘return flow’.

MDBA Chief Executive Andrew McConville provides his regular monthly update as part of the River Reach email newsletter.

The latest assessment of progress to implement the Murray–Darling Basin Plan has found only minor movement in the past 6 months, with important elements at risk or unlikely to be achieved by the June 2024 deadline.

Along with our river management partners, we use a variety of models to support the planning and running of the Murray–Darling Basin’s rivers.

The Basin Plan must be evaluated every 5 years. This includes evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Plan, as well evaluating the outcomes of the Plan.

Guiding the planning of the 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation is the Framework for the 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation and the 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation Roadmap.