Image of a drop of water. Text says: "CSIRO is developing smarter, more efficient systems to meet Australia's water challenge." Links to an overview of CSIRO's work with water. Photo by iStockphotos/Tina Rencelj
Water overview

Australia, the driest inhabited continent on Earth, has recognised it must learn to make better use of its water resources and CSIRO is contributing to smarter technologies and more efficient systems.

 Photo of water ripples
 
Managing Water Resources
 
The Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

CSIRO has been contracted by the National Water Commission to report on current and future water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin. View the project methods and research reports.

 The Murray Mouth in South Australia. Photo by Mr Michael Bell, Murray-Darling Basin Commission.
Rivers
 
Better Basin Futures: research to help manage water in rural Australia

Better Basin Futures research aims to develop tools, knowlege and strategies to predict and assess catchment and water use at the system scale.

 Aerial view of the Murrumbidgee River flowing through grazing land near Wagga Wagga, NSW 1999.
Urban Water
 
Utilising urban water resources

Urban water research aims to use recycling and reclamation technologies to turn stormwater, wastewater and contaminated water into usable resources.

 Aerial view of the city of Perth, WA, with the Swan River in the foreground.