Water Balance Dynamic Simulation Model-WBDSim for Water Policy options Analysis case study: Murray Darling Basin - Australia
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1 CSIRO Land and Water, Adelaide, Australia. Email: [email protected] 2 CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australia. Water is a key resource to sustain human life. Therefore, sustaining growth in the human population requires even more water to be available. Water sharing management is the major problem for water resources and irrigation management decision makers. The water Act 2007-Australia requires the newly formed Murray Darling Basin (MDB) Authority to develop an integrated plan which specifies amongst other things, long term sustainable diversion limits, water quality objectives, provision for critical human needs and environmental watering plans for all of the Basin’s rivers.
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