Role of The Authority
With the creation of the Authority in 2008, for the first time, a single inter-governmental body assumed responsibility for planning the integrated management of water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin. In addition to the Commission’s former functions, the Authority’s role includes:
- preparing the Basin Plan, for adoption by the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, including setting sustainable limits on water that can be taken from surface and groundwater systems across the basin
- implementing and enforcing the basin plan
- advising the minister on the accreditation of state water resource plans
- developing a water rights information service which facilitates water trading across the Murray-Darling basin
- measuring and monitoring water resources in the basin
- gathering information and undertaking research
- educating and engaging the community in the management of the basin’s resources.
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority is an integral element of the Commonwealth Government's program Water for the Future which has four priorities; namely:
- tackling climate change
- supporting healthy rivers
- using water wisely and
- securing water supplies.
The Authority also commissions research into aquatic science and is a source of information on Australian freshwater biology.
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