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A renewed agreement between WaterNSW and Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) will help to move water around the Barmah Choke for the 2024–25 water year.

It is up to individual irrigators to determine what they grow, what the water requirements are for their selected crops and how much water will be needed for different growth stages and their region's climatic conditions.

Basin in Brief provides a monthly summary of climate, rainfall, inflows and water quality information. This page was updated 13 April 2023.

In response to the declining flow capacity, the increasing risks, and the recommendation that a range of intervention measures be investigated, the MDBA instigated the Barmah–Millewa Feasibility Study (BMFS). Six options were investigated as part of the Barmah–Millewa Feasibility Study.

Sam O’Rafferty is an emerging young leader who is passionate about solving water efficiency problems for growers.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) operates the River Murray to share water between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, as required under the Murray–Darling Basin Agreement. To undertake this work the MDBA has built, maintained and operated a hydrological model of the River Murray.

The delivery of water from the major storages in the Upper Murray to irrigators throughout the Basin can be challenging. There are a number of constraints that impact water delivery to below the Barmah Reach, such as the length of time required to deliver water and the amount of water that can be delivered at any one time.

New telecommunications tools are changing the way Australian rice is grown.

WaterNSW have released a package of information to help explain the detail of floodplain harvesting.

Hydrological conditions often differ each year and across regions of the Basin. Planning for dry conditions is a major challenge for river operators, water resource managers and the community.