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Legacy publications

Released by either the:

Interim Inspector General of Water Compliance
Interim Inspector-General of Murray–Darling Basin Water Resources
Northern Basin Commissioner.

These roles are no longer active.

NSW Lower Murray Sustainable Diversion Limits set under the Basin Plan 2012

Interim Inspector-General of Murray–Darling Basin Water Resources, December 2020

Title	Pages	Size
NSW Lower Murray Sustainable Diversion Limits set under the Basin Plan 2012 PDF	3	691KB
NSW Lower Murray Sustainable Diversion Limits set under the Basin Plan 2012 DOCX	3	85KB

Annual report 2019-20

Interim Inspector-General of Murray–Darling Basin Water Resources, July 2020

Title	Pages	Size
Annual report 2019-20 PDF	9	1.0MB
Annual report 2019-20 DOCX	9	8.1MB

Impact of lower inflows on state shares under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement

Interim Inspector-General of Murray–Darling Basin Water Resources, April 2020

Title	Pages	Size
Impact of lower inflows on state shares under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement PDF	54	2.6MB
Impact of lower inflows on state shares under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement DOCX	54	2.0MB
Webinar transcript DOCX	14	90KB
Webinar: Questions and Response PDF	6	172KB
Webinar: Questions and Response DOCX	6	42KB

Release of the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s report ‘Monitoring first flush flows in the Namoi, Macquarie and Warrego Rivers

Investigation report

Interim Inspector-General of Murray–Darling Basin Water Resources, March 2020

Title	Pages	Size
Investigation report: release of the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s report ‘Monitoring first flush flows in the Namoi, Macquarie and Warrego Rivers - Remote sensing for compliance and ecohydrology DOCX	17	180KB

MDBA response

Murray–Darling Basin Authority, March 2020

Title	Pages	Size
MDBA response to the investigation report: release of the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s report ‘Monitoring first flush flows in the Namoi, Macquarie and Warrego Rivers - Remote sensing for compliance and ecohydrology PDF	4	148KB
MDBA response to the investigation report: release of the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s report ‘Monitoring first flush flows in the Namoi, Macquarie and Warrego Rivers - Remote sensing for compliance and ecohydrology DOCX	4	40KB

First Year Report 2019

Northern Basin Commissioner, December 2019

Title	Pages	Size
First Year Report 2019 PDF	80	6.3MB
First Year Report 2019 DOCX	80	4.4MB

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