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The Living Murray initiative aims to recover water and implement works to achieve specific environmental outcomes for six Icon Sites along the River Murray.

The Water Act 2007 requires that assessment of environmental water needs of the Basin must encompass key environmental assets, including water-dependent ecosystems, ecosystem services, and sites with ecological significance; key ecosystem functions; the productive base; and key environmental outcomes for the water resource.

The Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre is a joint venture between the Murray Darling Basin Authority, CSIRO Land and Water and La Trobe University, that aims to answer locally relevant research questions to help guide water managers, and ultimately improve the health of our rivers, lakes and wetlands.

The "flow regime" of the Narran Ecosystem is important and central to maintaining its ‘ecological character’ (Thoms et al., 2001), i.e., the combination of the physical, chemical and biological components of the system.