Water news

Threatened species recovery in the Flinders Ranges has received a boost with a new $600,000 funding partnership for the Bounceback program – on the eve of its 30th year of operation.

Consultation is now underway on a draft Water Security Statement for South Australia, which provides a snapshot of water security across the state and highlights the actions underway to address existing and emerging water security challenges.

The Department for Environment and Water’s Constraints Measures team will be out and about in the Riverland and mid-Murray over the next two months talking to the community about their experience with high flows and how they impact the local river system.

In further good news for the state’s River Murray communities, opening water allocation projections have been revised up to 94 per cent for the 2021 22 water year. Actual opening allocations will be announced on 15 June.

They may have a face only a mother could love, but lamprey, the toothy eel-like fish, are proving to be fantastic indicators of the benefits of water for the environment.