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Campaspe River at the confluence with the Murray River at Echuca, Victoria
Campaspe River at the confluence with the Murray River at Echuca, Victoria

Campaspe region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

The Campaspe region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.

Background

The Campaspe region is in northern Victoria and represents 0.4 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).

The region has a population of around 42 000 people concentrated in the centres of  Echuca, Rochester, Elmore, Heathcote and Kyneton.

Research findings

The following documents detail the research findings:

The front cover of the report.
Campaspe regional report, Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

The full report for the Campaspe region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (134 pages)

The first page of the fact sheet.
Campaspe region fact sheet: Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

A brief guide to the key findings from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Sustainable Yields Project report on the Campaspe region. (2 pages)

The front cover of the report.
Campaspe region: summary of regional report

A summary of a report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (12 pages)

The front cover of the report.
Presentation of results from the Goulburn-Broken, Campaspe and Loddon-Avoca regions

A presentation made to Goulburn-Broken, Campaspe and Loddon-Avoca region stakeholders regarding the findings of the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (34 pages)

Find out more about the The Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.

 

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  • The Campaspe region is one of a series of 18 regions within the Murray-Darling Basin which is being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
  • The region, in northern Victoria, represents 0.4 per cent of the total area of the Basin
  • It uses 0.2 per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and 1.7 per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin

Contact Information

Primary Contact

Dr Tom Hatton
Director
Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
Phone: 61 2 6246 5745 
Fax: 61 2 6246 4564 

MEDIA Contact

Ms Mary Mulcahy
Communications Manager
Land and Water
and Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
Phone: 61 2 6246 4565 
Alt Phone: 61 419 236 519 
Fax: 61 2 6246 5800