The full report for the Lachlan region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (148 pages)
Moonie River at Killawarra crossing, Queensland
Lachlan region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
The Lachlan region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 25 March 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
The Lachlan region is in central western New South Wales and represents eight per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).
The region has a population of around 90 000 people concentrated in the centres of Cowra, Young, Parkes, Forbes, West Wyalong and Condobolin.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
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Fast facts
- The Lachlan 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 central western NSW, represents eight per cent of the total area of the Basin
- It uses 3.5 per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and 14.1 per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin
