Expand View Figure 11 Map of the Great Artesian Basin Source: DAWE (2021c); map produced by Environment Resources Information Network, Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, May 2011 For more information, go toWater sources Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 12 Urban system water sources and volumes, 30 June 2012 to 30 June 2020 ML = megalitre Source: BOM (2020i) Download Go to data.gov For more information, go toWater sources Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 13 Recycled water used in major urban centres, 2015–16 to 2019–20 Canberra does not use recycled water. Source: BOM (2021c) Download Go to data.gov For more information, go toWater sources Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 14 Streamflow deciles at long-term monitoring stations throughout Australia, 2016–20 Sources: BOM (2018c), BOM (2019c), BOM (2020d), BOM (2021c) For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 14 Streamflow deciles at long-term monitoring stations throughout Australia, 2016–20
Expand View Figure 15 Waterbird abundance in major river basins, 2018–19 Source: Kingsford et al. (2020) Download Go to data.gov For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 16 Menindee Lakes combined storage volume, January 2017 to May 2021 GL = gigalitre Source: River Murray data (2021) Download Go to data.gov For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 17 (a) Menindee Lakes on 2 February 2019, with the green colour in the lakes caused by algae and other vegetation; (b) on 14 May 2021, with the milky grey colour due to suspended sediment stirred up by the filling of the lakes Source: Patel (2021) For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 17 (a) Menindee Lakes on 2 February 2019, with the green colour in the lakes caused by algae and other vegetation; (b) on 14 May 2021, with the milky grey colour due to suspended sediment stirred up by the filling of the lakes
Expand View Figure 18 Open gates between Lake Pamamaroo and Lake Menindee, and the return of bird life to the Menindee Lakes, May 2021 Photos: Sigrid Tijs, Bureau of Meteorology For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 18 Open gates between Lake Pamamaroo and Lake Menindee, and the return of bird life to the Menindee Lakes, May 2021
Expand View Figure 19 Pelicans on Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, and fish filling the river in Birdsville Photos: Reproduced by permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Library Sales, Brendan Esposito, © 2019 ABC For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Expand View Figure 20 Changes in wetland area, 1983–2019 Source: Kingsford et al. (2020) Download Go to data.gov For more information, go toNatural water systems Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link