Murray Darling Basin Water ManagementLocal and downstream component of water harvestingThe basin plan succeeds in reducing the SDL into two distinct parts: a local part and a downstream part. A local part focuses on the environmental needs within each catchment, and downstream also considers the health of the major main rivers in the catchment, namely the Barwon and Murray Darling from north to south. However, the downstream component of water harvesting must be distributed among an equitable, watershed in a consistent and transparent manner by 971 GL in the southern basin and 143 GL in the northern basin. The governments agreed that the shared downstream component in the South would be distributed among states based on their share of surface water diversion, and also agreed that each state would determine the distribution of its share of the downstream component among watersheds. of his state. An initial distribution of the downstream component will be advised by each State and the final distribution will be followed by the SDL adjustment mechanism which will be revised and the strategy updated in 2016. On the other hand, the governments agreed to establish a program of work which will be completed by the end of 2015 to review the basis of the downstream component and it is equitable in the northern basin. This work program, also called the North Basin Science Work Program, considers the impacts of the downstream component of the North Basin on anticipated environmental outcomes of recovery. The program will be updated in 2016 to reflect the results of the work. Adjustments to the Sustainable Diversion Limit The Basin Plan sets SDLs for the basin's surface and groundwater resources and includes a basin-wide surface water SDL of 10,873 GL, lower than the BDL. o...... middle of paper ...... The following tables show the major water harvesting projects funded by the SRWUIP. Environmental works and measures Supply measures can help deliver water more effectively and efficiently than environmental works and measures. The Living Murray program was once an environmental measures project and governments have invested around $287 million in work to manage and deliver environmental water to Living Murray "iconic sites". Governments are investigating new environmental works and measures, such as removing barriers to environmental flows, building regulators to provide environmental water to wetlands, and purchasing flood easements. studies in their community, and 17 feasibility study-projects are still underway.