Murray–Darling Basin Authority

And I think we've got to use evidence like this to really inform our next steps better.

And you say the Murray-Darling Basin Authority itself says that 92% of environmental indicators won't improve through additional water recovery alone.

That's the evidence within the most recent basin plan review reports, and that's part of the SDL assessments.

And that was analysis that we did of their results.

Federal MPs and senators from South Australia United in Canberra this week, calling for the federal government to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin plan in full.

It follows a recent report from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority forecasting environmental water recovery throughout state-run recovery projects will fall short by two hundred and sixty-five gigalitres a year.

But it's not just politicians in Canberra having their voices heard.

River users from across the basin traveled to have their say.

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And the Murray-Darling Basin Authority has just released its draft Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism Determination for public review.

Federal Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt will join you after twelve thirty to talk you through that draft report.

And it's the first of the month.

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Uh, but right now, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority has this morning released its draft Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism determination for public input, input.

This mechanism was agreed in twenty twelve as part of the Murray-Darling Basin plan to reduce the amount of consumptive water by implementing projects across the basin states.

Yeah, very sobering news, that.

I also collected some information about Healthy Rivers Dubbo alerting us that a strong local voice for the rivers and communities of inland New South Wales has to date expressed concern at the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's public statements that deny the clear scientific need to recover more water for the rivers and wetlands of the basin.

Documents provided to the public for consultations in Sydney this week claim in many cases having enough environmental water is no longer the main challenge, a statement that contradicts strong scientific evidence and community experience.

This fundamentally untrue statement reflects outrageous comments in the media made by Mr Andrew McConville, CEO of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, that it's time to move beyond water recovery.

The authority's own documents confirm that traditional owners, communities and scientists have been raising alarms about the Darling Basin Barker River and the Lower Murray are in ecological crisis due to upstream over-extraction.

More water must be recovered in the next 10 years or the Lower Murray and the Darling Barker Rivers will collapse.

You're listening to Cassie Hough on ABC Radio South Australia and Broken Hill.

Weather's up next, but before then, last week a number of water operators were in Menindee touring the lakes, including the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

This week they're in Sydney to discuss the ideas they've canvassed before the final draft of the review is released.

This process has been going for some time.

Joe Davis is the Senior Director of River Management at the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and is in charge of all things related to Menindee and the Menindee review.

Patrick Reinke spoke to him earlier about the state of the lakes and the next step in the recommendations from the review.

Lack of fish passage through the structures is the main issue, water quality issues as well.

So we've got a group in different parts of the Menindal Lake system that people could reach out to as well.