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Murray Regional Report, Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

The full report for the Murray region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (234 pages)

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This report from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project details the assessments for the Murray, 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 in the region
- Surface-groundwater connectivity
- Recharge modelling
- Groundwater modelling approach
- Modelling results
- Water balances for unmodelled groundwater management units
- 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.