Managing the water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin is a contentious topic involving significant disagreements between Australian and state governments, upstream and downstream communities, irrigators, environmental advocates, water traders, and other stakeholders. Major legislative and policy reforms have aimed to restore environmental health and better manage competition for water in the Basin.

This paper provides an overview of three current issues related to these reforms:

1. Water recovery targets
2. Water markets 
3. NSW compliance with the Basin Plan, including water resource plan accreditation and floodplain harvesting