In the Top End where there is a regular seasonal rain, often referred to as the wet season, the department uses an adaptive management tool that allows the volume of licenced water extraction to be varied in response to water availability each year.

Announced allocations are released every year, in line with the water accounting year, on 1 May by the Controller of Water Resources.

Your host Phillipa is joined by Dale, Chief water modeller, Peter, Senior Hydrologist and Andrew Johnson PSM, the Controller of Water Resources as they discuss how water resources undertake water modelling, the climate conditions to present the expected water licence entitlements to preserve environmental flow thresholds within river systems.

This episode is not to be missed as we learn the intricacies of how the department ensures the use of this precious natural resource is managed sustainably.

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