River Murray news

The South Australian Government used a peer review process for its Environmental Water Requirements (EWR) reports and all science that supported its Murray-Darling Basin Plan negotiations.

The minimum water allocations for South Australian River Murray irrigators in 2019-20 will increase to 31 per cent today thanks to recent water resource condition improvements.

Members of the Riverland and Murrayland communities celebrated the achievements of the Riverine Recovery Project (RRP) at an event in Renmark in late June 2019.

New water trade dashboards, produced by the Department for Environment and Water (DEW), provide better information about the trading of water allocations and entitlements relevant to the South Australian River Murray Trading Zone.

The 2019-20 South Australian budget has been delivered with a significant investment in the state’s environment.