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💡Did you know the Murray–Darling Basin covers about 15% of Queensland? From the most northerly point of the headwaters of the Warrego River in Queensland to the most southerly point of the headwaters of the Goulburn River in Victoria, the total length of the Basin is almost 1,400 km! The Murray-Darling is Australia's most significant river systems. Together with other state governments and the Australian Government we work to manage and implement strategies to support this vital resource and the many communities who rely on it, under the Murray Darling Basin Plan, which is further delivered in Queensland through three accredited water resource plans. Read more about the Murray Darling Basin in Queensland: https://bit.ly/3TvFIzp 📷Warrego River at Cunnamulla

🤔 Did you know that the 1960s and '70s were pivotal decades for water management in Australia? During this period, significant changes were made to address water scarcity and ensure sustainable usage. In 1969, South Australia implemented a moratorium on new water diversions, while Victoria introduced restrictions on water licenses following the severe 1967-68 drought. ⛴️ These actions marked the beginning of a shift towards more flexible and sustainable water allocation systems. This era laid the groundwork for modern water management practices that we rely on today. 👉 To learn more about these historic changes, visit Water NSW History and Heritage. *Source Water NSW History and Heritage.

Missed our #freewebinar on navigating Australian water markets?     Don’t worry – the webinar was recorded and is now available to watch online. So, you can access key insights from experienced water markets experts Simo Tervonen and Erika van 't Veld at a time that suits you.    Catch up on the ‘Navigating Australian water markets’ webinar, and access the full library of Talks Live webinars via our website: https://lnkd.in/gRr2e7Sm     In the meantime, enjoy this short clip where Simo explores the supply and demand drivers and their likely impact on Southern Murray-Darling Basin allocation prices for the 2024/25 water year.    Contact Erika or Simo if you have any further questions about navigating the complexity of Australia’s water markets.    #ShapeTheFutureWisely  #TalksLive  #MurrayDarlingBasin  #WaterMarkets  #AustralianWaterMarkets 

Small, rural water systems in northern New Mexico face significant challenges in providing safe drinking water services and maintaining compliance with regulations. On #EarthDay2024, we’re sharing a report from our RCAC staff that reviews the impact of technical assistance on rural water systems and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of how it is provided. Using Mora County, New Mexico as a case study, this paper elicits the need for a systems-thinking approach to address small water systems’ root challenges and shows how regional collaboration presents a management model that can help ensure safe, clean drinking water to rural communities. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gaEDHQkT

After almost three years of community consultation and scientific assessments, including 120 stakeholder and community meetings and over 200 feedback submissions, we’re excited to announce the new water plan for the Mary Basin! Our water planning team has worked closely with communities in the region to ensure we meet local environmental, cultural, agricultural and urban water needs into the future. Some of the key changes include… 🌱 contemporary environmental outcomes to protect the Mary Basin’s significant environmental assets and values 🤝 catering for the water needs of traditional owners, through the identification of 7100 ML of unallocated water Indigenous reserves 📝 changing water entitlements to provide security, equity and certainty for all water users, and to provide more water trading opportunities through the ability to seasonally assign (temporarily trade) water licences. 💧 identifying an additional 390ML of general unallocated water reserve (2,400ML in total) which can be granted for any purpose 💦 reserving 70,485ML of strategic unallocated water for state purposes such as coordinated projects, projects of regional significance or town water supply …plus more. Thank you to everyone who took the time to help us shape the new water plan. We look forward to implementing it to drive new outcomes, strategies and measures to guide future decisions for the Mary Basin. Read more about the new water plan: https://bit.ly/3UDeIye 📷Mary River, Kenilworth

Our colleagues Ildiko Galambos and Gábor Németh arrived in Cuenca, Ecuador. They started planning the sampling from the river that provides the city's water supply, Tomebamba. The purpose of the tests is to examine the contamination of surface water with drug residues, at different water levels. Currently, the measurements are carried out at extremely low water levels, within the framework of an Ecuadorian-Hungarian tender. #watertreatment #wateranalyses

“Catalysing collaboration for joint management of shared water resources - Transboundary water cooperation is critical to GWP’s mission to advance the governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development. Yet only 58% of the world’s transboundary basin areas currently has an operational arrangement for water cooperation, according to SDG 6.5.2 monitoring. While having such arrangements in place doesn’t on its own guarantee effective cooperation between riparian states, their presence often facilitates clear sharing of the economic and other benefits that shared water courses can bring, leading to greater regional prosperity. On the other hand, the absence of such formal arrangements increases the chances of decisions made in upstream states negatively affecting their downstream neighbours, which may hinder the conditions of regional security.”

🤝 Today and tomorrow I will be present at the United Nations in Bonn, Germany as part of the European WOP (water operator partnershipss) Enablers’ Exchange. Tomorrow focus is on shaping the contours of the new Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance/UN-Habitat (GWOPA) EU WOP program. I hope to meet you there or online! 🚰 ‘Most of the world’s population counts on a public water and sanitation operator for their essential basic services. Their work is fundamental. Yet around the world, tens of thousands of these operators struggle to provide safe services to all who need them.’ 🌍 ‘Strong water utilities can be an invaluable support to others. Water Operators Partnerships mobilize strong water and sanitation operators to mentor their peers, without profit motives. They are highly effective in helping utilities make and sustain improvements, to become more financially sound, socially inclusive, green and resilient.’ https://lnkd.in/ew_xizuM

To import water or to treat contaminated groundwater - that is the question: Communities in arid regions like the western U.S. have struggled with this choice for decades. The Chino Desalter Authority chose long ago to invest in treatment, using GAC, RO, IX, air stripping, and lots of smart, hard work, to create a reliable, high-quality, and cost-controlled local water supply. So even as SOCAL’s hots get hotter and its droughts get longer, the communities served by CDA can rest assured that their water supply is secure. 🎥 Watch this video 👇 to learn more about CDA’s amazing work.

💡 Robin Hood Station, near Forsayth, is an early adopter of land condition benchmarking and monitoring. Measuring the influence grazing management strategies have on land condition enables a producer to evaluate the sustainability of their practices. This is ideal for future preparedness to take advantage of the growing interest in beef supply chain sustainability and to maintain land condition for improved productivity. ✅ Read more, including the monitoring methods they're using, in our case study 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBf7J6Zh. This project is funded by Queensland Government’s Natural Resources Recovery Program. NRM Regions Queensland