Water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin

Source: CSIRO
"The final report for the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project, finding that the median decline for the Basin is projected to be 11 per cent by 2030. The report, the culmination of 18 months of research by CSIRO, finds that total flow at the Murray mouth has been reduced by 61 per cent and the river now ceases to flow through the mouth 40 per cent of the time, compared with one per cent in the absence of water resource development. Under the median 2030 climate, diversions in driest years would fall by more than 10 per cent in most New South Wales regions, 20 per cent in the Murrumbidgee and Murray regions, and from around 35 per cent to 50 per cent in the Victorian regions. Under the dry extreme 2030 climate, diversions in driest years would fall by around 40-50 per cent in New South Wales regions, over 70 per cent in the Murray, and 80-90 per cent in major Victorian regions."