Water policy and resources

Our policies and services improve the sustainable management of Australia’s water resources for agriculture, the environment and communities.

Basin

• Murray–Darling Basin
• Great Artesian Basin
• Lake Eyre Basin

Water resource management

• National Water Initiative
• The Murray–Darling Basin Plan
• Water markets
• The Inspector-General of Water Compliance
• Progress towards meeting environmental needs under the Basin Plan
• On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme
• Murray-Darling Healthy Rivers Program
• Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program
• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) Scheme
• First Nations water policy

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