The search for positive water management - storage, treatment, irrigation, and community benefits – leads to the NSW Macquarie region.

Inspector-General of Water Compliance Troy Grant takes Pakistan’s High-Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, on a Murray-Darling Basin field trip to share water ideas.

Pakistan and Australia share similar challenges in water scarcity, regulation, and efficiencies but also a vision to be world-leaders in water resource management.

Fourth generation broadacre crop farmer and Trangie Nevertire Irrigation Scheme Chair, Tony Quigley GAICD, explains the innovative system.

Learn how Dubbo works to drought-proof its drinking water with Glenn Clifford, Luke Ryan and Murray Wood at Dubbo Regional Council’s John Gilbert Water Treatment Plant.

And explore the Burrima boardwalk in the Macquarie Marshes Ramsar site with Macquarie Marshes Environmental Trust’s Tony Wass and David Duncan.

In this episode of Water’s Edge: if 2023 was a year of climate opposites, then what’s ahead for 2024 and what does it mean for the Murray-Darling Basin?

Get the answers from this episode’s guest, Professor Albert Van Dijk from the Australian National University, who led the 2023 Australia’s Environment Report.

Plus, the Inspector-General of Water Compliance Troy Grant takes the report off the page and into the Murray-Darling Basin.

And hear from Narromine grower Tim Gainsford as a one of the people putting this into practice in the Basin.

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Water’s Edge is produced by the independent Inspector-General of Water Compliance.

Reports:

2023 Australia’s Environment Report: ausenv.tern.org.au/aer.html

Global Water Monitor 2023 Summary Report: globalwater.online/globalwater/report.html

According to the IGWC’s Annual Community sentiment survey, only 15% of people know that the ACT is actually a part of the Murray-Darling Basin. While the ACT makes up a small portion of the Basin compared to other states, it still brings significant economic and environmental benefits to the Basin. In this final episode of season 2 of Water’s Edge, we chat to Dr Su Wild-River. Su is the ACT’s delegate on the Regulatory Leaders Forum, and from the ACT Environmental Protection Authority.

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