Basin Plan and Murray-Darling Basin Agreement
Water management in the Murray-Darling Basin
The Basin crosses multiple state and territory borders, so water in the Basin is managed - and shared - under the Water Act 2007, the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, and the Basin Plan.
Water sharing under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement
The Agreement defines the agreed rules for how the available pool of water in the “River Murray system” is shared between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
There are limits on the amount of water that can be extracted from the Murray–Darling Basin.
These plans are key to implementing the Basin Plan, and to ensuring sustainable diversion limits are not exceeded.
The role of South Australia's dedicated Commissioner for the River Murray, and the Royal Commission, which sought to protect South Australia’s water entitlements and allocations under the Basin Plan.
Outcomes of the Basin Plan in South Australia to date.
