Dr Tom Hatton

Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

Dr Tom Hatton talks about the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project and the release of the first regional report on the Warrego. (5:40)

7 September 2007 | Updated 24 November 2011

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The Australian Government has asked CSIRO to investigate current and future water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin region.

The year-long, A$12 million research project is the first attempt worldwide to estimate at a basin-scale the impacts on water resources of:

catchment development
changing groundwater extraction
climate variability
anticipated climate change.

Led by CSIRO, the research is drawing on the expertise of national and State Government agencies as well as the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and Australia’s leading industry consultants.

The Director of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Dr Tom Hatton, explains what is involved and discusses the findings of the first in a series of reports on the Basin’s 18 catchment areas.