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

The annual environmental watering priorities support multi-year environmental watering priorities that remain in focus over a number of years to achieve long-term outcomes.

Deciding where and when water should be released into the Basin river system is complex and requires coordinated planning.

Flows in the River Murray System vary widely depending on a range of factors, including rainfall, inflows, evaporation, and demand for water for human use.

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.

The Flows in the River Murray update provides a monthly breakdown of the volume of water flowing for consumptive use and to care for the environment and shows the intended environmental outcomes.

Funding has been made available for crucial projects that will secure the health of iconic sites in the Gwydir Valley.

Our plain-language Guide to the Environmental Watering Plan unpacks who's responsible for what, and the benefits we can expect from water for the environment.

The Environmental Watering Plan (Chapter 8 of the Basin Plan) came into effect in 2012. It sets out environmental objectives and targets for water-dependent ecosystems, a planning framework for managing planned and held environmental water to meet these objectives, methods to identify environmental assets and principles to prioritise the use of water for the environment.

This guide provides a plain language explanation of how Chapter 8: ‘Environmental watering plan' of the Basin Plan 2012 (Basin Plan) guides the planning and use of water for the environment across the Murray–Darling Basin (the Basin).