The full report for the Murrumbidgee region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (172 pages)
The Murrumbidgee River near Jugiong, New South Wales.
Murrumbidgee region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
Murrumbidgee is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 16 June 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
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.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
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Fast facts
- The Murrumbidgee 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 in southern New South Wales and is based around the Murrumbidgee River It represents 8.2 per cent of the total area of the Basin
- The region uses more than 22 per cent of the total surface water which diverted for irrigation and urban use in the Murray-Darling Basin, and more than 24 per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin
- The current permitted levels of surface water use are extremely high relative to water availability, with 53 per cent of the available surface water allowed for use
