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Communities around Lake Mulwala are reminded that water levels in Lake Mulwala will continue to fall steadily over the next couple of weeks, in preparation for structural works at Yarrawonga weir and the lake foreshore, and to manage the aquatic weed Egeria densa.

Communities around Lake Mulwala are advised that the MDBA could begin lowering the lake as early as next week, in preparation for structural works at Yarrawonga weir and to manage the aquatic weed Egeria densa.

A report prepared under s. 43(11) of the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth) — broad outline of changes made to the proposed Basin Plan by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA).

Sustainable Diversion Limits will replace the existing cap on water use and are set at both a catchment and Basin-wide scale.

The Water Act 2007 requires that assessment of environmental water needs of the Basin must encompass key environmental assets, including water-dependent ecosystems, ecosystem services, and sites with ecological significance; key ecosystem functions; the productive base; and key environmental outcomes for the water resource.

Australia is one of the driest continents on earth. As such, many thousands of weirs and floodplain levee banks, dams and intra- and inter-basin water transfers schemes have been constructed.

The Sustainable Rivers Audit is a comprehensive assessment of the ecological health of rivers in the Murray–Darling Basin. This first edition reports on the ecological health of rivers in the Basin from 2004–2007.