Analysis of Treated Wastewater Return in Murray Darling Basin Plan

This report delves into the complexities of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, addressing the challenges of water scarcity, environmental impacts, and the role of treated wastewater return. It provides a comprehensive overview of the basin's geographical, climatic, and ecological conditions, highlighting the historical changes and the impact of human activities, including dam construction and agricultural practices. The report examines the problems statement, risk assessment strategies, and the legislative framework governing the basin. It emphasizes the importance of knowledge management in addressing the basin's issues and presents various strategies for improvement. The report analyzes the impact of climate change, groundwater usage, and water management plans. It also offers several recommendations for enhancing knowledge management to resolve the challenges within the Murray Darling Basin, making it a valuable resource for understanding the environmental and economic dynamics of this critical region.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background......................................................................................................................................4
Problems Statement.........................................................................................................................6
Risk Assessment..............................................................................................................................8
Legislation used in the Basin Plan.................................................................................................14
Knowledge Management Issues....................................................................................................18
Knowledge Management Strategies..............................................................................................20
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................25
Recommendations..........................................................................................................................26
References......................................................................................................................................29

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Introduction
The Murray Darling Basin Plan helps in providing a coordinated approach for water
supply in the four states of Australia. The basin plan has been providing balance among social,
environmental demands and economic infrastructure of the basin (Crase et al., 2018). This
project aims at the problems faced by people due to urbanization in the area. The water scarcity
problem in the basin has been highlighted in the report. The use of various laws and acts have
been explained that might help in maintaining the challenges in the Murray Darling Basin. The
Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers have been experiencing more precipitation in the basin. This
has caused proper stream flow in the basin. The climatic change in the basin has been an
important issue in the basin (Hart, 2016). Most of the rivers in the basin has been experiencing
the overflow of water during heavy rain, as well as a scarcity of water during less rainfall. The
inversion of water in the Snowy River Catchment into the Murray System (Patil & Kant, 2014).
The role of the Australian Government in mitigating the challenges in the basin have been
discussed properly. The Basin plan has been discussed in the report. Strategies discussed various
knowledge management in the report that might help in maintaining and resolving the issues in
the Murray Darling basin (Porter, Askarov & Hilborn, 2015). The amendments in the basin plan
have been discussed in the report.
This report outlines the risk management strategies used in the Murray Darling basin
plan. The knowledge management plan and strategies have been discussed in the report for
mitigating the issues prevailing in the basin. There are several recommendations provided for
enhancing the knowledge management strategies in order to resolve issues in the basin.

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Background
The Murray Darling Basin covers 1 million square kilometres of Australia having the
land mass of 500-600 million years old (Kandulu et al., 2017). This area varies in various
geographically, climatically and ecologically condition. People living in the basin are controlled
by the seasons and plenty of food and water is present over there. However, the scenario in the
basin drastically changed over the years due to the impact of the Englishmen on the basin. The
construction sector in the basin has constructed various buildings and dams on the rivers for the
irrigation purpose. As commented by Abel et al., (2016), the Murray Darling Basin has been
changed by the construction of various water storages on the rivers in last 100 years. The total
volume of water storage capacity in the basin is approx. 35000 million litres (Fidel, Schlesinger
& Cervera, 2015). However, the limit of the construction has been crossed creating problems for
the basin. The construction of railways, roads and township areas have created various problems
in the basin (Frizenschaf, Mosley, Daly & Kotz, 2015). Natural resources have been extracted
illegally from the Earth that has created the loss for the basin. The removal of the red weeds from
the streams of the Murray Darling basin has caused irreversible damage the flora abs fauns of the
area. The basin has been populated with an estimated 40000 years and cave painting and
artefacts have been core attraction in the basin (Meihami & Meihami, 2014). There are various
wetlands in the basin that has been considered international significance. The basin has been
providing various breeding habitats for many species of water birds, plants and fish. Various
streams in the basin have been affected by the less flow of water through the basin. However, the
removal of the vegetation from the natural wetlands has created a drought situation in the basin.
The basin has been contributing 45% of the agriculture of the country (Authority, 2014). The
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However, the overall rainfall in the basin varies from 1400mm per year to 300mm per year.
According to Hart (2016), the ratio of maximum and the minimum flow of water has been
varying from 300:1 to 1000:1. Therefore, there has been extreme variation in the water flow and
rainfall. This has caused problems in the basin, as scarcity of water and overflow of water are
frequent in the basin. These variations also create problems for the irrigation and crops in the
basin. As the revenue of the basin depends upon the agriculture, the financial condition if the
basin also gets affected by the climatic change (Masa’deh et al., 2017).
Figure 1: Murray Darling Basin
(Source: Frizenschaf, Mosley, Daly & Kotz, 2015)
The aim of the Basin plan is to focus on the supply of water among all the users and
farmers living in the basin. The Basin Plan Legislation helps in guiding governments and
regional authorities for the development of the basin and sustainable growth in the supply of the
water to the farmers if the basin. However, South Australian irrigators and farmers have faced

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waters problems in 2007-2008 summer due to the water scarcity and less rainfall (Pedro-
Monzonís et al., 2016). The problems related to drought has been prevailing in the basin. The
uncertainty in the rainfall in the basin has been creating problems, as there is no backup strategy
for the water supply in the basin. Therefore, there is a need for the proper strategy to maintain the
vulnerabilities in the basin.
Problems Statement
The Murray Darling Basin Plan has not able to help farmers, regional communities, rural,
environment and consumers in the basin. However, it has drastically failed basically, morally,
ecologically and systematically (Grant, 2015). The policies drawn by the Murray Darling basin
plan have been maintained and drawn up by the policies. The current Murray Darling Basin Plan
is as follows:
 It is not in the interest of rural and regional communities.
 The plan is ecologically and environmentally unsustainable and dangerous
 It is economically and emotionally heartbreaking.
Figure 2: Domestic wastewater generation
(Source: Porter, Askarov & Hilborn, 2015)

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Figure 3: Industrial Wastewater generation
(Source: Porter, Askarov & Hilborn, 2015)
However, the farmers involved in the industries and communities have been supplying clean
and green food and fibre for a century. There has been a drastic change in the plan over the
years. The plan has been a big failure for the Australian Government. However, under the
present Basin Plan, the farmers are unable to maintain their daily needs and they have become
beggars in the basin (Porter, Askarov & Hilborn, 2015). The poverty has been killing many
farmers in the basin due to the drought effect in the basin. The nutrients in the soil have been
degrading causing the reduction in the fertility of the soil. The excessive use of the fertilizer has
been creating problems for the farmers.

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Figure 4: Murray Darling Basin Plan
(Source: Crase et al., 2018)
Risk Assessment
The Murray Darling Basin Plan has been facing through various risks and consistently
working for the development of risk assessment strategies (Crase et al., 2018). The Risk
Assessment Guidelines have been combined with the maintenance of several jurisdictions. There
are various steps in the risk assessment process.
Set Context
 Identify Risk
Analyze Risk
Evaluate risk
In this context, several steps are taken by the MDB Water Access Entitlement (WAE) groups are
the key assessment for the year. The risk assessment 2008 has been concerned with risk from a

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materialistic impact on the risks of water availability. The core set of values included in the
MDB Ramsar sites and TLM sites. However, following environmental assets have been selected
from the DECC for risk assessment.
Valley/River Environmental Asset assessed
Border Rivers  Morella Watercourse, Boobera Lagoon, and Pungbougal Lagoon
Complex
 Macintyre R. anabranches, billabongs & wetlands from
Goondiwindi to Mungindi
Gwydir Gwydir Wetlands Ramsar site
Namoi  Namoi River billabongs and wetlands
 Wilgara Wetland
Macquarie  Macquarie Marshes Ramsar site
 Wilgara Wetland
Upper Darling  Talyawalka Anabranch
 Bourke Weir drown-out flow for fish passage
Lower Darling Darling Anabranch Lakes
Lachlan  Booligal Wetlands
 Great Cumbung Swamp
Murrumbidgee  Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamp Ramsar site
 Mid-Murrumbidgee Wetlands
 Lowbidgee Floodplain
 NSW Central Murray Forests
Table 1: Environmental Asset of DECC
(Source: Pittock, Williams & Grafton, 2015)
The Risk Assessment requires data and information in the basin-wide spatial and water
availability. However, results from recent surveys have depicted that the water availability and

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use of streamline flow have resulted in six hazards. The water management plan for the basin has
been the failure in the context.
The current water management plan of the basin has been depended on the water flow in
the river. Therefore, the climate change in the basin might affect the water management plan of
the basin. The water management plan of the basin has focused on the upstream and
downstream of the river in the basin (Grafton & Horne, 2014). The climatic change in the
Murray Darling basin has been one of the major problems, in the basin. The climate of the basin
has been changing from dry, median and wet. Various changes in the rainfall density have been
creating change in the water flow in rivers (Cohen & Olsen, 2015).
Scenario Change to mean annual
rainfall (%)45
Change to mean annual
runoff (%)15
Cory -13 -22
Cmid -3 -2
Cwet 13 50
Table 2: Impacts of climate change scenarios on mean annual runoff
(Source: Grafton et al., 2014)
The groundwater usage by GMU in the basin has been clarified in the table. The current
usage is 10 GL.y-1. However, the MDBSY Project estimated by an additional; 37.1 GL.y-1 have
affected 23% increase in the groundwater usage. Maximum usage of groundwater under the
NSW Government Policy has been 13.3 GL.y-1 (Obeidat et al., 2016).
GMU Current usage SY Future usage NOW future usage47

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(GL/y)
Lower Darling
Alluvium
0.1 0.2 0.0
Upper Darling
Alluvium
0.0 9.7 0.0
GAB Alluvial 4.6 91.8 5.8
GAB Intake Beds 0.2 1.6 0.4
Gunnedah Basin 0.0 0.4 0.0
Western Murray
Porous Rock
0.1 20.6 0.2
GAB Cap Rocks 2.9 5.2 3.8
Lachlan Fold Belt 1.6 67.7 2.4
Warrambungle
Tertiary Basalt
0.1 0.5 0.0
Kanmantoo Fold
Belt
0.5 42.1 0.7
TOTAL USAGE 10.1 239.8 13.3
Streamflow Impact (GL/y)
1.3 37.1 1.7
Table 3: Current and future groundwater usage and stream flow impacts in the Darling
River Catchments by Groundwater Management Unit
(Source: Gale et al., 2014)

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The stream flow effect of increased ground water can be calculated by the MDBSY
together with the farm dam effects of total impacts. The low reliability of the water products has
been creating risks in the basin. The irregular flow of water in the basin have been creating
challenges for irrigation and farming purposes (Hart, 2016). The use of the low availability of
water in the basin has been the reason for the threat of drought in the basin. The basin has been
facing several cases of drought in the basin that have caused various financial loss of people in
the basin.
Figure 5: Water markets in Murray Darling basin
(Source: Grafton, Horne & Wheeler, 2016)
Scenario % change in
average
diverted
volume
Consequence Likelihood Risk-level
Climatic change
Wet estimate +1.0 Negligible Probable Low
Median estimate +2.0 Negligible Possible Low

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Dry estimate -3.0 Negligible Unlikely Low
Groundwater
Current use -0.1 Negligible Certain Low
Future use
(MDBSY
estimate)
-0.8 Negligible Possible Low
Future use
(NSW
embargoes)
-0.2 Negligible Probable Low
Farm dams -0.2 Negligible Possible Low
Afforestation -0.2 Negligible Probable Low
Irrigation return
flows
0.0 Negligible Possible Low
Bushfires -0.1 Negligible Possible N/A
CUMULATIVE -1.0 Negligible Possible Low
Table 4: Risk Assessment for Combined Access Entitlement Holders
(Source: Bark et al., 2015)
The emissions of the greenhouse effect have been creating risks in the natural cycles in
the basin. The carbon emission due to the burning of coal and fossils for generation of energy in
the basin have been causing air pollution in the basin. As commented by Kirby et al., (2014),
high-security holders has been engaged in the permanent transfer of water from different sources
of water. The use of legislation has helped in maintaining the risk assessment policy in the basin.

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The private security stakeholders have been helping in providing funds to the authority of the
basin.
Legislation used in the Basin Plan
Various legislations have been implemented in the plan that might help in monitoring the
basin plan. The Water Act does not provide priority to the three outcomes including economic,
social and environment. However, each provision in the act has to be provided with own terms in
the context of the Water basin plan. These statements of objects are not in the form of
traditionally enforceable rules (Todorović et al., 2015). They can perform the function with the
system of governance. The use of the plan can help in maintaining the environment of the basin.
However, these statements follow and inform how decisions can be approached by all the levels
in the system including the SDLs and temporary divisions in the system (Neave et al., 2015). The
Commission in the state and territories in several stages have been developing strategies for
dealing with these issues in the basin. Therefore, a set of legislation has been included in the
Water for Ecosystem plan for monitoring criticism in COAG water reform statements. The
results of the ARMCANZ principles have been able to express goals for providing water in the
environment for restoring the ecological nature of the basin (Becerra-Fernandez & Sabherwal,
2014).
The key components of the Water Management Act 2000 include separation of water
rights from land, prioritization of water for the environment, Licenses issued in perpetuity and
water sharing plans. Water sharing plans are developed for all water sources by NSW in respect
to the Water Management Act 2000 (Martín-de Castro, 2015). Each water sharing plans is
related to articulates and trading architecture in the basin. The development of the NSW policy
for initiating the action has been regarded as less certain in the development of the next water-

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sharing plan. The NSW government has implemented risk management framework in order to
national water use in the NSW. The Water Sharing plans can be extended for next 10 years
(Horne, 2014). Ninety percent use of water use in the NSW has been maintained and managed by
sharing water plan and reduction in the usability of water supply for complimentary use. The
regional stakeholders of NSW have committed about the identification of environmental water
needs and use in the basin. The scarcity of water has been reported by the stakeholders (Geisler
& Wickramasinghe, 2015).
Figure 6: Murray Darling Basin Initiative
(Source: Koehn, 2015)
The basin plan describes the inflow of water through the dam and restricting access to
supplementary flows in the environmental outcomes have been reached. However, NSW water
sharing have helped in driving the water flow systems in the Murray Darling Basin (Webb,
2017). This sharing plan has been legislated by higher authorities of Australia. NSW River Bank

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has spent $101.5 million environmental funds that have been set by the NSW government for
buying water for valuable inland water (Swirepik et al., 2016).
Forrest Creek Stage 1 and 2 34.7 GL
Barren Box Swamp reconfiguration 20.0 GL
Bungunyah-Koraleigh pipeline 3.015 GL
Coonancoocabill wetland 0.632 GL
Deniliquin golf club 0.238 GL
Hay Private Irrigation District 1.0 GL
Coleambally supply automation 3.5 GL
Purchase (includes in NSW and Vic.) 84.0 GL
Table 5: Between 2002 and 2011, Water for Rivers projects within the Murray and
Murrumbidgee valleys in NSW have recovered nearly 150 gigalitres
(Source: Alston et al., 2016)
The NSW Government and Commonwealth Government have jointly committed to the $7
million Pipeline NSW project under the Australian Water Smart program (Bharati, Zhang &
Chaudhury, 2015). The domestic irrigation program of the basin has been open channel stock and
domestic in central inland rivers.

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Figure 7: Converting free-flowing bores to efiicient piped water supply
(Source: Doody et al., 2015)
According to Thompson, (2017), the recovery of water for meeting the sustainable
diversion limits needs to be invested in projects for the development of the basin. The agreement
includes the referral of state powers in water management plan. The strategical development of
the basin has been depended on the water management plan in the basin (Donate, M. J., & de
Pablo, 2015). The agreement in the Commonwealth agreed to provide the fund of $1.358 billion
to the NSW for development of various projects in the basin. The use of different legislation in
the basin have helped in providing environmental water in the basin. The climatic change in the
basin has been creating risks and threats in the Murray Darling Basin.
Knowledge Management Issues
There has been various challenges and issues in the knowledge management. The phases
of deployment in the water basin have been maintained by the use of various long-term effects of
knowledge management. Knowledge management has some core capabilities in order to
maintain the data and information about the project involved in the particular area (Wang, Noe,
& Wang, 2014). In this context, the Murray Darling basin has been mentioned as the distinctive
area with various capabilities although having some limitations in the management (Murray–
Darling Basin). The use of the knowledge management has been concerned in the report. The use
of knowledge management has been maintained in the project plan for determining the strength
of resources of a project (Ross & Connell, 2016). Therefore, these processes ensure the real-time
protection of the project management in the basin. Water management has the major issue in the

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basin that has been creating several problems in the basin including irrigation issues. The
significant cost of a transaction has been included in the international trade from the basin.
The use of various techniques have been used in the basin include broker fees, and inter-
state trade has helped in maintaining the issues in the basin. The water management plan in the
basin has helped in providing the water supply to the basin. The rivers and water sources of the
basin have been suffering from drought and scarcity of water. Therefore, the change in the
climate has been affecting the irrigation system of the basin (Thompson, 2017). The climatic
change has been creating major problems in the basin. The water management plan of the basin
has been a failure in the context of mitigating these Water problems in the basin. The excessive
use of the water in the basin for daily purposes has been leading to the scarcity of water.
Therefore, the knowledge of people in the basin has been depleting related to the demographics
and wastewater management project.
Figure 8: Knowledge management
(Source: Fisher, 2017)

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The lack of knowledge among citizens in the basin has caused various problems in the
progression of the project. The use of different management strategies in managing operations in
the knowledge management projects. The cultural issues in the knowledge management
strategies include management support, demonstrating management and business value,
implications in the change management and keeping up with new technologies security. As
commented by Hart, McLeod & Neave, (2017), the water management plan of the basin has
focused on the upstream and downstream of the river in the basin. The climatic change in the
Murray Darling basin has been one of the major problems, in the basin. The climate of the basin
has been changing from dry, median and wet. The Water Sharing plans can be extended for next
10 years (Hart & Davidson, 2017). Ninety percent use of water use in the NSW has been
maintained and managed by sharing water plan and reduction in the usability of water supply for
complimentary use. The regional stakeholders of NSW have committed about the identification
of environmental water needs and use in the basin.
Technology has been another issue in the knowledge management plan. The lack of
implementing integrated databases in the architecture of the plan, interoperability and navigating
tools have been creating problems in the knowledge management. The business process model
has been another issue in the knowledge management system (Alston, Clarke & Whittenbury,
2018). Poor implementation of the business model in the business has been creating the problem
in maintaining the operations in the project. Lack of proper documentation of planning systems
has created financial problems in the project plan. The wastewater management project in the
Murray Darling Basin has been a successful project for providing a proper and regular water
supply to the basin. The utilization of IT in the basin plan might help in maintaining the record of
the resources used in the project (Power, Shard., & Burstein, 2015). The database of the project

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might help in tracking data and information in the basin. Various uses of the IT interventions
have been developed in the empirical world that can be analyzed in order to maintain the
wastewater management project in the basin (Kneebone & Wilson, 2017).
Knowledge Management Strategies
Treatment of waste water in the basin
The knowledge management strategy has a phased assessment and decision-making system
for the next 10 years. This strategy includes following elements:
 Overarching principles for guiding the implementation of the strategy.
 Roles and responsibilities of governments and communities.
 A framework and timetable for the implementation of the Strategy including three broad
phases including pre-feasibility, feasibility and implementation.
 Key steps in phase one that helps in outlining issues and methods to be used in
completing the pre-feasibility analysis.
 An action plan of the seven focus areas in the basin has to properly function able.

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Figure 9: Three phases of constraint management strategy implementation
(Source: Davies, Marshall & Ridges, 2017)
As commented by Qureshi et al., (2018) the strategy aims at maintaining and maximizing
environmental outcomes. The affected communities including the stakeholders, landowners,
management agencies and local government policies have been affecting the local benefits of the
basin. The use of different strategies in order to maintain the convection in the basin has been
implemented in the plan. The strategy looks for the positive impact on the community of the
basin. Various risks in the basin have been included in the strategy in order to implement
mitigation strategies in the basin. There have been potential changes in the plan (Tan & Auty,
2017).
The strategy aims at maximizing environmental outcomes for obtaining a managed water
available for the environmental use. The affected communities including stakeholders, local
government and management agencies need to involve in identifying potential effects and
solutions. The water holders including existing users or environmental water holder need to
maintain proper water efficient needs by not affecting other entitlements. However, potential
changes are made in order to provide specific criteria for resolving issues in the basin (Guest,
2017). The water management plan of the basin has been provided in order to maintain the issues
in various the basin. The constraint management strategy might help in maintaining the
stakeholder access in the plan that might help in maintaining the use of plan in the basin. The
unique strategies of the plan have involved the stakeholders for receiving the order of extra water
in the basin. The wastewater management system can be properly implemented in the basin with
the help of the stakeholders in the system (Grover & Froese, 2016).

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Figure 10: Building blocks of knowledge management
(Source: Created by author)
The basic principles of the knowledge management are as follows:
Knowledge management needs to be integrated into the business: Knowledge
management needs to be integrated with the business operations. The primary value of the
knowledge needs to be related to the development the business. In this context, the water
management plan of the Murray Darling basin needs to be integrated with the knowledge
management strategy (Alston, Clarke & Whittenbury, 2018). Knowledge related to the
demographics of the basin needs to be known. The use of the knowledge management
framework needs to be implemented in the plan. Knowledge management framework needs to be
well designed related to the demographical factors of the basin. The use of knowledge supply
chain has helped in providing resources for developing the water management plan in the basin.

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Figure 11: Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Source: Created by author)
Knowledge management include collect data and information: This principle reflects the
data collection method used in the knowledge management strategy. Data collection is an
important aspect of the knowledge management. The knowledge management plan includes the
data collection method in order to collect knowledge related to the business (Qureshi et al.,
2018). In this context, data collection method used in the Murray Darling basin has played an
important role in maintaining the management plan. Data collection in the basin has been
initiated from online sources and surveying different parts of the basin. This data and
information can be integrated as knowledge regarding the management plan (Grafton &
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Figure 12: Knowledge Management Framework
(Source: Created by author)
Knowledge management plan needs to fulfil the supply and demand criteria: The use of
knowledge management in the Murray Darling Basin has been included in the wastewater
management plan. This strategy has helped in exploring the demand and supply of the resources
in the basin (Lyon, Lintermans & Koehn, 2018). Change in the project requirements might create
problems in the procedure of the project. The use of different processes and techniques in the
knowledge management plan have helped in maintaining push and pull of the market tendency.

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The change in the project delivery system has created risks in the financial management of the
project. The use of knowledge management in the basin has been able to maintain the
requirements of the project in the basin. The wastewater management project in the basin has
been being to provide variety.
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that the use knowledge management has
been available to mitigate various challenges in the Murray Darling Basin. The challenges faced
by the basin has been discussed in the report. The use of the factors and models in the report has
been analyzed. The factors affecting the wastewater management project has been discussed. A
proper management of the wastewater supply has been discussed in the report. Natural resources
have been extracted illegally from the Earth that has created the loss for the basin. The removal
of the red weeds from the streams of the Murray Darling basin has caused irreversible damage
the flora abs fauns of the area. The overview of the Murray Darling Basin has been provided in
the report that helps in understanding the demographics of the basin. The climatic change has
been the major problem in the basin. The diversity in the rainfall has been creating the scarcity of
water in the basin. Various risks and threats in the basin have been identified in the report. The
use of risk assessment has helped in maintaining the risks in the basin. Therefore, the
identification of the risks in the water management plan has helped in providing a proper
analysis of the dependence of natural resources. The knowledge management plan has been
developed in order to maintain the challenges in the Murray Darling Basin. The use of
knowledge management plan has helped in resolving the issues in the water management plan in
the basin. The use of natural resources has been initiated in order to reduce the pollution due to
carbon emission in the air.

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Recommendations
The Basin plan has been complex and diverse for understanding the core benefits of the
plan. The use of the plan has been helping in maintaining the ecosystem of the basin. The
climatic change if the basin cannot be controlled. However, steps have been taken to maintain
the climatic change in the basin. The reduction in the use of the carbon particles has helped in
reducing the carbon emission in the basin. The use of solar energy has been increased in the
basin that helps in reducing the burning of coal or generation of energy. A proper maintenance of
the basin is required by the Australian government. There are few recommendations that can be
accounted in the basin for its development.
Environmental outcomes: The outcomes of the strategies prepared in the basin has been
committed to expectations. However, a government in the basin needs to continue the full
implementation if the basin plan by 2024. The constraints in the management and
implementations of different aspects of sustainable development in the basin. The mechanical
adjustment in the basin for protection of environmental water has been critical for getting to the
best possible outcomes in the environment.
Water quality and salinity outcomes: The 2020 review of salinity targets needs to maintain and
examine the appropriateness of the target. The export of salt from the basin needs to be increased
that might help in increasing the financial condition if the basin. Various tool and techniques for
refining salt from water need to be implemented in the basin. The technical expert in the basin
needs to be motivated to improve the technology used in the basin for the production of the salt
from seawater. The regional stakeholders of NSW have committed about the identification of
environmental water needs and use in the basin. Technology has been another issue in the
knowledge management plan. The lack of implementing integrated databases in the architecture

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of the plan, interoperability and navigating tools have been creating problems in the knowledge
management.
Recovering water for the environment: the government of the Basin needs to urgently
complete the work for planning and designing the assumption attached to the basin plan. The
factors associated with the development of the basin needs to be implemented in the basin that
might help in the development of the basin. The use of recovery and the backup plan in the basin
needs to be implanted in the plan that helps in maintaining development in the water basin.
Managing environmental water: The government of the basin and the MDBA needs to
review the basin report for analyzing environmental water management in the basin.
Governmental policies in the basin need to be implemented in order to manage water
management and planning. The use of various techniques in the basin might help in providing
several enhancement in the machines and techniques used in the development of the projects in
the basin.
Maintaining water quality: The government of basin has been using their techniques for
purifying water from rainwater. Therefore, the government needs to implement various tools and
techniques that might help in maintaining and purifying the water. The quality of water needs to
be improved in the basin that helps in increasing the health of people living in the basin.
Investigation and collection of water samples as data for experiments needs to be done that helps
in creating strategies for purifying water in the basin.
SDL Adjustment mechanism: The government of the basin needs to be involved closely to
the communities of the basin that might be in maintaining a close relationship with the people of
the basin. The use of design implementation in the basin might help in providing a better

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approach to the development of the basin. The maintenance of the basin needs to be handled by
the government of Australia. The implementation of operations and responsibilities of the people
living in the basin might help in accessing the outer world.
Water resource planning: The government of the basin needs to implement water
resource planning project in the plan. This might help in maintaining the activity of the planning
in the project. The use of the water resource plan in the project helps in monitoring the
streamline flow in the river. The government of the basin needs to adopt strategies for improving
the compliance review of the basin plan. The maintenance of the basin needs to be developed by
the government in the basin. This legislation and policies of the basin need to be involved in the
beneficiary for development on the basin. The basin government needs to support the decision-
making model of the stakeholders in the basin that might help in developing and enhancing the
irrigation sector of the basin. The shift of the basin plan with new strategies added in the plan
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