The full report for the Condamine-Balonne region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (182 pages)
Narran Lakes region, New South Wales
Condamine-Balonne region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
Condamine-Balonne region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 10 June 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
The Condamine-Balonne region is predominantly in southern Queensland, but extends about 100 km to the south-west into New South Wales. It represents 12.8 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).
The region has a population of around 182 000 people concentrated in the centres of Toowoomba, Warwick, Dalby, Chinchilla, Roma and St George.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
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Fast facts
- The Condamine-Balonne 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 is predominantly in southern Queensland, but extends about 100 km to the south-west into New South Wales. It represents 12.8 per cent of the total area of the Basin
- It uses three per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and about 10 per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin
