Border Rivers
The Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

At the Murray-Darling Basin Water summit, convened by the Prime Minister on 7 November 2006, it was agreed to:
Commission the CSIRO to report progressively by the end of 2007 on sustainable yields of surface and groundwater systems within the Murray-Darling Basin, including an examination of assumptions about sustainable yields in light of changes in climate and other issues.

As a result, the CSIRO has been contracted by the National Water Commission to report on current and future water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Border Rivers is one in a series of regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.

The Border Rivers region is in southern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales and represents 4 percent of the total area of the MDB. The region is based around the Macintyre Brook and Dumaresq Rivers which join the Macintyre River and continue to become the Barwon River. The population is around 50,000 or 2.5 percent of the MDB total, concentrated in the major centres of Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield, Stanthorpe, Inglewood, Mungindi and Goondiwindi.

The following documents detail the research findings for this region:

	Fact Sheet (PDF, 54 kB) A brief guide to the key findings for this region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yield Project report. (2 pages)
	Snapshot (PDF, 2.8 MB) Summary of a report for this region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (12 pages)
	Regional Report (PDF, 7.9 MB) The full report for this region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (164 pages)
	Stakeholder briefing (PDF, 3.5 MB) A presentation made to region stakeholders regarding the findings of the project. (16 pages)

CONTACT
Dr Tom Hatton
Director Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
Phone: 61 2 6246 5745
Fax: 61 2 6246 4564
Email: Tom.Hatton@csiro.au

Further information on the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.