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The Basin Plan and the Constraints Management Strategy (CMS) require the MDBA to report annually to Basin ministers about progress with matters covered by the CMS.

During 2014 MDBA completed the prefeasibility phase of the CMS, which involved analysis and prioritisation of constraints in seven key focus areas.

The Drought Emergency Framework for Lakes Alexandrina and Albert provides guidance to manage the Lower Lakes during times of extreme drought. It is based upon the latest scientific and operational knowledge and focusses on avoiding or mitigating the negative impacts associated with low water levels.

During 2014, the MDBA completed the prefeasibility phase of the Constraints Management Strategy (CMS) which involved analysis and prioritisation of constraints in 7 key focus areas.

This report shows the technical work and information that we have collected through our talks with stakeholders from the Gwydir region since early 2013. This report was first released as a draft for community feedback in December of 2014.

We used inundation mapping to assess the impacts of various flow heights on land and infrastructure. This report describes the method used to develop inundation mapping and assess effects of flows.

At the request of Basin ministers, the MDBA was commissioned to produce a Constraints Management Strategy.

On 29 June 2012, the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council requested that the MDBA complete a ‘relaxed-constraints’ model scenario with a Basin-wide reduction in diversions of 3200 GL/y.

Tumudgery Creek was disconnected from the Edward River in September 2007 to achieve water savings as part of drought contingency planning.