World Water Day (which aims to make people aware of the importance of freshwater and the sustainable management of freshwater resources) is coming up on 22 March. This year’s will be extra special because 2013 is also the International Year of Water Cooperation.
To celebrate, the MDBA will be hosting a hands-on, practical display at Questacon’s [...]
Here is the info on the last week of River Murray operations. If you’d like to see the full report with images, graphs and data on flow and salinity, it’s on the MDBA website.
River Operations
MDBA active storage decreased by 78 GL during the week to 7,440 GL (87% capacity). At Dartmouth Reservoir, the total storage [...]
Today we published an explanation of the Environmental Watering Plan (EWP), which is part of the draft Basin Plan.
The EWP is a major part of the Basin Plan. Its role is to achieve the best possible environmental outcomes using the water made available by the Basin Plan. The EWP itself will not be a static [...]
Further updated on 27 January 2012
Updated on 23 January 2012
Surface water sustainable diversion limits (SDLs) have been the focus of a lot of interest both before and after the release of the draft Basin Plan. However, discussion has grown around the matter of groundwater.
This is partly because of the Commonwealth Government’s announcement of an interim [...]