A landmark 30-year-long study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the Murray-Darling Basin have led to a more than 70 per cent decline ...

An extra 31,000 dams were built in the Murray-Darling basin in the decade to 2005, as the region grappled with severe drought.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer modelling used to develop the Murray-Darling Basin Plan may have significantly underestimated the effects of building dams and diverting water on the internationally ...

About 53 gigalitres of water is flowing into South Australia a day, as a report reveals southern basin storages are at unusually high levels for this time of year.

On Friday the government announced the Murray Darling Basin Plan will deliver an extra 450 billion litres of water to the river system, mainly through on-farm irrigation efficiency projects.

Others want the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s dam operators to release more water when faced with a wet spring forecast, to create enough airspace to take the edge off floods.

A new map released by Mapping Services Australia shows the extent of water currently in the Murray Darling Basin and shows why the river on the South Australian side is predicted to record peaks ...

A new map released by Mapping Services Australia shows the extent of water currently in the Murray Darling Basin and shows why the river on the South Australian side is predicted to record peaks ...