Murrumbidgee
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.

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

The Murrumbidgee region is in southern New South Wales and is based around the Murrumbidgee River. It represents 8.2 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).

The region has a population of around 500 000 people concentrated in the centres of Canberra, Wagga Wagga, Griffith, Leeton and Hay.

The following documents detail the research findings for this region:

	Fact Sheet (PDF, 340 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, 2.6 MB) Summary of a report for this region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (12 pages)
	Regional Report (PDF, 7.8 MB) The full report for this region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (170 pages)
	Stakeholder briefing (PDF, 950 kB) A presentation made to region stakeholders regarding the findings of the project. (26 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.