University of Melbourne Seminars
The Murray-Daring Basin Authority and River Murray states have been working closely on a program to understand if these system changes have increased the risk of not being able to meet all demands and if the appropriate management measures are in place. Keynote speakers on these issues included:
Dr Sharon Davis | The University of Melbourne
Dr Mark Bailey | Goulburn-Murray Water
Dr Grace Mitchell | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Dr Joseph Davis | Murray-Darling Basin Authority
River Murray System
17 October 2019
Reihaneh attended the seminar of 'River Murray System operations: drivers for change and key risks' as part of the University of Melbourne's Water Security Series 17 October 2019. From the early 2000s, some changes happened in the River Murray System, such as the introduction of the Basin Plan, recovery of water for the environment, increasing new irrigated agricultural products, channel erosion and climate change effects. In this panel discussion, they spoke about increasing the risk of not being able to meet all demands in the Murray-Daring Basin after these substantial changes.
Basin Plan
28 November 2019
Reihaneh attended the seminar of 'Environmental outcomes from the Basin Plan: what benefits are we seeing from managed environmental water?' as part of the University of Melbourne's Water Security Series 28 November 2019. In this panel discussion, we heard from researchers and managers centrally involved in the monitoring and evaluation of ecological outcomes from Commonwealth Environmental Water being delivered as environmental flows in Murray-Darling Basin.
