Home > Environment > Water > Managing Water Resources

Explore CSIRO

About CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.

Open to the Public

CSIRO has a range of facilities that are opened to the public, with each offering a unique insight into science research activities and history.

National Research Flagships

Large-scale, long-term, multidisciplinary science to address Australia's major national challenges and opportunities.

Divisions

CSIRO expertise is organised into 15 research areas.

National Facilities

CSIRO manages national facilities and collections that are opened to researchers around Australia and overseas.
- The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
- National Collections - The Australian National Insect Collection, The Australian National Fish Collection, The Australian National Herbarium, The Australian National Wildlife Collection
- The Marine National Facility - The Southern Surveyor
- Telescopes - Parkes, Narrabri, Mopra, Tidbinbilla, VLBI, ASKAP
- Pyrotron

CSIRO's core areas of impact

Astronomy & Space

Climate Change

Energy

Environment

Farming & Food

Health & Wellbeing

Information & Communication Technologies

Manufacturing

Materials

Mining & Minerals

Oceans & Coasts

Transport & Infrastructure

Contact Enquiries: Phone - 1300 363 400 | Email - Enquiries@csiro.au | Contact Us

Publication - General

The front cover of the report.

Goulburn-Broken regional report, Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

The full report for the Goulburn-Broken region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (146 pages)

Download 4836 KB

Download Adobe Reader

This report from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project details the assessments for the Goulburn-Broken, one of 18 regions that encompass the Basin.

This report contains:

Executive summary
Introduction
- Background
- Project methodological framework
- Climate and development scenarios
- Rainfall-runoff modelling
- River system modelling
- Monthly water accounts
- Groundwater modelling
- Environmental assessment
- References
Overview of the region
This report from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project details the assessments for one of 18 regions that encompass the Basin.
- The region
- Environmental description
- Surface water resources
- Groundwater
- References
Rainfall-runoff modelling
- Summary
- Modelling approach
- Modelling results
- Discussion of key findings
- References
River system modelling
- Summary
- Modelling approach
- Modelling results
- Discussion of key findings
- References
Uncertainty in surface water modelling results
- Summary
- Approach
- Results
- Discussion of key findings
- References
Groundwater assessment
- Summary
- Groundwater management units
- Surface-groundwater connectivity
- Recharge modelling
- Groundwater modelling
- Modelling results
- Water balances for other groundwater management units not modelled and unincorporated areas
- Conjunctive water use indicators
- Discussion of key findings
- References
Environment
- Summary
- Approach
- Results
- Discussion of key findings
- References
Appendix A Rainfall-runoff results for all subcatchments
Appendix B River water modelling reach mass balances
Appendix C River system model uncertainty assessment by reach.