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The prolonged drought across the Basin means in the next 12 months environmental water will be used strategically to protect our wetlands, floodplains and river ecosystems from further damage, and place them in the best possible position to recover from the drought when it breaks, according to the latest Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) report.

This report presents a literature review of work done to derive short and long-term crop yield-water functions.

This past summer brings to life what living with our increasingly variable climate means for the average Australian – Phillip Glyde, Chief Executive, Murray–Darling Basin Authority

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority held its first meeting for 2020 in Canberra on 11-12 February. In the wake of devastating fires, drought and flooding the Authority acknowledged the hardship many communities have experienced this summer and the difficult road to recovery ahead.

The Recharge Risk Assessment Method (RRAM), developed by CSIRO and SKM in partnership with the MDBA, was used to derive preliminary groundwater extraction limits.

This report represents a synthesis of the current available information relating to observed trends and historical conditions across the Murray–Darling Basin. Trends reported in this report represent natural – or unmanaged – conditions arising from changes in the climate system.

Prerequisite policy measures are legislative and operational rule changes that will improve the use, management and accounting of water for the environment in the southern-connected Murray–Darling Basin. The Basin Plan outlines these measures and required them to be implemented by 1 July 2019.

In 2007–2008 CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields (MDBSY) project published a series of reports documenting water availability across the Murray-Darling Basin, including an assessment of the likely impacts of climate change to ~2030 on water availability (e.g. CSIRO 2008a).

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 1 October 2019 at Tailem Bend in South Australia to continue to progress the implementation of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan and to consider challenges associated with managing water resources in the current drought conditions being experienced across the Basin.

At its meeting on 2–3 April 2019 in Canberra, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority reinforced its commitment to collaboration on the Basin Plan.