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.

雪山水电计划通过为大分水岭以西地区提供可靠的水源，每年为墨累-达令盆地提供价值30亿美元的农产品，而该计划的水力发电每年价值数亿美元，为东部大陆电网提供70%的可再生能源，从而每年避免500万吨的二氧化碳排放。这项研究将确保对该计划的水资源进行可持续和有效的管理，以应对预测的气候变化，最重要的是，应对严重的干旱。

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.