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

The River Murray Water Quality Monitoring Program has captured physical and chemical data from 28 River Murray and tributary sites since 1978. This report examines long-term trends in water quality and drivers of change.

The innovative use of drone technology combined with coding software is helping to improve the accuracy of waterbird monitoring across the Murray–Darling Basin.

The most common cause of mass fish deaths is low levels of oxygen in the water. But fish deaths can also happen for other reasons, sometimes we don’t know why.

Water for the environment is used to improve native fish populations, including threatened species. Find out about the priorities for 2023.

Decisions about where water for the environment goes are based on restoring waterbird populations for the health of the entire river system.

Blue-green algae occur naturally in rivers, lakes and dams. Under certain conditions, blue-green algae multiply quickly, creating an ‘algal bloom’ that can decrease water quality.

Water quality issues have increased as flood waters bring nutrient loads into rivers.

With most of the Murray–Darling Basin currently experiencing higher than average river flows, we're exploring the benefits of connected waterways.

Scientists and volunteers are working together to re-establish the southern bell frog in South Australia's Lower Lakes.