Water resource management of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme catchment and the Murray-Darling River system - a new perspective on system reliability from drought history reconstruction.

雪山水力发电计划通过在大分水岭以西提供可靠的水源，每年协助承保墨累-达令盆地30亿美元的农产品生产，而该计划的水力发电每年价值数亿美元，并提供了向东部大陆电网供应的70%的可再生能源，从而每年避免500万吨二氧化碳的排放。这项研究将确保对该计划的水资源进行持续和有效的管理，以应对预测的气候变化，最重要的是，应对严重干旱。

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme assists in underwriting the production of $3 billion of agricultural products in the Murray-Darling Basin each year by providing a reliable source of water west of the Great Dividing Range, while Hydro-electric generation from the Scheme is worth annually several hundred million dollars and provides 70% of the renewable energy supplied to the eastern mainland grid, thereby avoiding 5Mt of carbon dioxide emissions each year. This study will ensure the ongoing sustainable and efficient management of the Schemes water resources in response to predicted climate variability and most importantly, severe drought.