News: Murray-Darling Basin

Putting people first to improve water-risk assessments

Paroo River at Eulo, Paroo Shire
Posted on Oct 22 2024 by Johnny von Einem

Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, 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.
Posted on Feb 9 2023 by Eleanor Danenberg

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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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.
Posted on Mar 15 2021 by Kelly Brown

Researchers at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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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