News: Murray-Darling Basin

Putting people first to improve water-risk assessments

Paroo River at Eulo, Paroo Shire

Researchers from the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±, University of Melbourne, Australian National University and One Basin CRC will pilot a new strategy for assessing the risk climate change poses to water resources.

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Drone AI counts waterbirds in the Murray-Darling

An aerial drone shot of waterbirds in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Innovative drone technology and artificial intelligence (AI) software is providing more accurate monitoring of waterbirds across the Murray–Darling Basin – and could be used to monitor other wildlife in the future.

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New role in future of Murray-Darling Basin

A bridge across the Darling River, trees are in the background with a blue sky above.

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± will play a key role in a new multi-million dollar collaborative research program set up to safeguard the environmental and commercial future of the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Murray Darling Basin water rights: the psychology of allocation

The Murray River at Big Bend, South Australia.

Researchers at the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±â€™s ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± Law School are surveying Murray Darling Basin stakeholders about their beliefs regarding water trading and ownership of water rights to help inform future policy.

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Water market price rise myth-busting

Hume Dam (formally Hume Weir) is the main supply storage and one of the two major headwater storages for the River Murray system.

Researchers at the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± have tested claims of water hoarding and speculative behaviour in Murray-Darling Basin water markets and found no evidence of hoarding, or a clear source of speculative behaviour, driving water price rises.

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