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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.

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.

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.

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.

Long-term diversion limit equivalent (LTDLE) factors (also known as the Cap factors) were established to accurately assess how much water has been recovered for the environment, and to guide future water recovery decisions.

The Murray−Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) will set up an independent review panel to undertake a review of each Basin state’s planning assumptions and revised Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalence (LTDLE) factors.

You can now get all your water information from the one place.

Progress of water recovery towards 'Bridging the Gap' to sustainable diversion limits as at 31 December 2023.

After water is used some of it can return back to the river system – this water is known as a ‘return flow’.

Overland flow refers to water that runs across the land after rainfall, flooding, or after it rises to the surface naturally from underground. Capturing this water on a floodplain is referred to as overland flow development or floodplain harvesting.