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In 2007 and 2008, CSIRO undertook the world’s first water resource assessment of its scale for the groundwater and surface waters of the Murray-Darling Basin, reporting on current and future climate scenarios and possible land management changes.

In March 2008, the Council of Australian Governments expanded this assessment to provide a comprehensive scientific assessment of water yield in all major water systems across the country to allow a consistent analytical framework for water policy decisions across the nation.

Regions currently being studied as a part of this expansion are Northern Australia, South-West Western Australia and Tasmania.

More information on the scope of these studies is available from the 'Extending the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin sustainable yields project beyond the Basin' document from the Council of Australian Governments Water Reform Framework [external link].

For more details link to the project regions below.
 

Eucalypt trees beside still water with reflections in the Murray Darling River system
Part of Victoria's Goulburn-Broken catchment.
The Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

CSIRO has been contracted by the National Water Commission to report on current and future water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin.

The Northern Australia Sustainable Yields Project

The National Water Commission has contracted CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship to report on current and future water availability for the catchments of Northern Australia.

The South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project

CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship will report on current and future water yields from both surface water catchments and aquifers for the south-west of Western Australia.

The Tasmania Sustainable Yields Project

The most comprehensive assessment of water yield undertaken to date in Tasmania, by CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship.

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