CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 8 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release:

People living in the Murray-Darling Basin value and care about water in many ways. Beyond drinking water and food production, water shapes Basin communities and their futures.

We partnered with the University of Canberra's Regional Wellbeing Survey to ask residents about their connection to water. The project was funded through the Basin Condition Monitoring Program (BCMP). The goal was to improve understanding of the drivers, timing and scale of change in Basin communities as a result of water reform.

The Regional Wellbeing Survey examines wellbeing and quality of life in regional and rural Australia. This is the first time it has been expanded to...