CSIRO report on water availability in the Murray Darling Basin

The CSIRO has just released a report on the Water Availability in the Murray-Darling Basin

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Key finding:

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The relative impact of climate change on surface water use would be much greater in dry years. Under the median 2030 climate, diversions in driest years would fall by more than 10 percent in most New South Wales regions, around 20 percent in the Murrumbidgee and Murray regions and from around 35 to over 50 percent in the Victorian regions. Under the dry extreme 2030 climate, diversions in driest years would fall by over 20 percent in the Condamine-Balonne, aropund 40 to 50 percent in New South Wales regions (except the Lachlan), over 70% in the Murray and 80 to 90 percent in the major Victorian regions.

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