We are a new, collaborative partnership working to create locally-driven and inclusive knowledge creation and exchange to inform decision making in the Coorong.
The Goyder Institute for Water Research is a research alliance of the South Australian Government through the Department for Environment and Water, CSIRO, Flinders, University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.
Project Partners: Flinders University, University of Adelaide, CSIRO and SARDI
Research Theme: Water for People
Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin is one of the most heavily regulated river systems in the world, however we still do not know the full impact of altered river flows on the receiving estuarine and lagoon environment during times of flood. Flow volumes, land use and water extraction in the Murray-Darling Basin effect the quantity and quality of water reaching the Murray Mouth and Coorong lagoons, with potentially cascading impacts of eutrophication and salination on the estuarine and lagoon ecosystem.
