Publications  

Discussion Paper No.1: Water Quality Monitoring in the CLLMM Area

Discussion Paper No.2: Water Quality Targets for the CLLMM Region.

Submissions

Open Letter – Murray-Darling Basin Plan Connects the Economy, Environment, Community and Country (04/25) – Lifeblood Alliance

Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, SA Gov – Darling to the Sea, Coorong Environmental Trust & Water Quality Monitoring (22/11/24) – RLCAG

DCCEEW, River Murray – Darling to the Sea, Threatened Ecological Community (08/10/24) – RLCAG

Links

Murray Darling Basin Authority

Australian Gov., Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water. – Water Policy & Resources

South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

CLLMM Research Centre

One Basin Co-operative Research Centre

Lifeblood Alliance

Landscape South Australia

Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance

Goyder Institute

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists

References

Government Documents:

Summary of the 2026 Murray Basin Plan Review – MDBA (2025)

Basin Plan Review: Early insights paper – MDBA (2024)

Constrains Relaxation Roadmap – MDBA (2024).

What we’ve Heard: Peak Groups’ Perspectives to Support the 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation – MDBA (2024)

Response to the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission Report – SA Gov. (2023)

The Lower Lakes Catchment – MDBA (2023)

Flows Critical to Lower Lakes Ecology – MDBA (2023).

Restoring Our Rivers: Trading Strategy – DCCEEW (2025).

Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Priority Environmental Assessment – DEW (2022)

South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan – SADEW (2019)

Long Term Management of the South East Drains and Wetlands – Dept. for Water, SA (2011).

South East Flows Restoration Project, Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Supply Measure – Dept. of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (2012).

Water Quality Risk Assessment for the Coorong – South East Flow Restoration Project, DEW (2016).

History of the Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth:

Independent Review of Lower Lakes – Science Informing Water Management – Chiew, Hale, Joehnk, Reid & Webster (2020)

The Past, Present & Future of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth – Mosley, Zampatti & Gibbs for ATSE (2024).

The Natural History of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Region – Mosley, et. al. for The Royal Society of South Australia (2018).

A Fresh History of the Lakes: Wellington to the Murray Mouth, 1800’s to 1935 – Sims, Muller (2004)

Locking in Hydro-engineered Pathways: The Lower River Murray, Australia, 1880-1940. – Margaret Cook (2025).

Responses to the Millennium Drought:

Drought Emergency Framework for Lakes Alexandrina and Albert – MDBA (2014).

Securing the Future: A Long Term Plan for the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth – Dept. of Environment and Heritage, SA (2010).

The Facts: The Lower Murray Lakes and Coorong Fact Sheet, Drought Response (2008).

The Murray Mouth: Exploring the Implications of Closure or Restricted Flow – Murray-Darling Basin Commission (2002).

Management of the Ramsar Wetlands:

Draft Ramsar Management Plan: the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland – DEW (2024)

A Ramsar wetland in crisis – the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth, Australia (2011).

The Future for the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth:

Are Murray-Darling Basin Rivers getting the Water they Need to stay Healthy – Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (2023).

Why Flows to the Lower Murray Matter – Healthy Rivers Ambassadors (2025)

A Thriving Murray-Darling Basin in 50 years- Actions in the Face of Climate Change. – The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (2024).

Murky Waters Running Clearer? Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation of the State of the Murray–Darling Basin after more than Three Decades of Policy Reform – CSIRO (2024)

Basin-wide Conservation Prioritisation for the Murray-Darling Basin – Wraith, Chauvenet & Kennard, Griffith University (2024)

Review of Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin – Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (2017).

Murray-Darling Basin Plan connects the Economy, Environment, Community and Country – Lifeblood Alliance (2024).

Impacts of River Flow Beyond the Murray Mouth – Garry Hera-Singh (2025).

Coorong Restoration Roadmap – Healthy Coorong Healthy Basin (2022/23).

Related Topics:

Challenges and Adaptation Needs for Water Quality in the Murray-Darling Basin in Response to Climate Change – Verhoeven, Khan & Evans, ATSE (2024).

Blueprint to Repair Australia’s Landscapes: National case for a 30-year Investment in a Healthy, Productive & Resilient Australia – Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (2025).

State Landscape Strategy – Landscape SA, DEW

The Bonney Upwelling – Blue Whale Study (2017).