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The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth is one of six icon sites along the Murray River identified as a priority under The Living Murray river restoration program.

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.

There are knowledge limitations regarding the response of native and exotic tree species to water management interventions.

This literature review addresses the topic of the creation of suitable habitat for waterbirds through retaining floodwater on floodplains or flow enhancement management interventions with particular reference to six hypotheses identified by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority as key areas for greater understanding.

This literature review comprises three major sections, each examining the effects of flooding on floodplain and aquatic plant habitats, plant life histories and vegetation community dynamics.