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Native fish species received a $639,000 boost in 2024, with 16 grants awarded to communities, government agencies, and environmental experts to improve river conditions.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has today released its Constraints Relaxation Implementation Roadmap to guide governments in delivering projects that will maximise outcomes from environmental water use across the Basin.

When establishing the Basin Plan it was determined that a portion of surface water and groundwater entitlements should be recovered and retained in the system, to improve the health of rivers, wetlands and groundwater systems. This is known as the water recovery target, and is a long-term average.

Located on the Mitta Mitta River in Victoria, about 80 kilometres south-east of Wodonga, sits Australia's tallest dam of its kind Dartmouth Dam.

In the Murray–Darling Basin connectivity amounts to one single idea, continuity of river flows. Delivery across the vast territory of the Basin will involve another kind of connectivity, of government with communities.

It’s not the most exciting name, but the Constraints Relaxation Implementation Roadmap is an important body of work being developed this year by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA).

Water is used for a wide range of purposes across the Murray−Darling Basin. Water from rivers, lakes and underground is used by communities, farmers and industries.

The Senator JS Collings Trophy is awarded each year. It goes to the best maintained asset in the River Murray system. These assets include major storages, locks, weirs or barrages.

The 2024 JS Collings Trophy for excellence in maintaining major water management infrastructure on the River Murray has been awarded to Lake Victoria (Tar-Ru).

There’s a limit to the amount of water that can be taken from the rivers for towns, industries and farmers in the Murray–Darling Basin.