Water news

More than 8500 plants will vegetate newly restored dunes at Semaphore South as part of a project to rebuild the area, which was badly damaged during a storm in 2016.

Minimum water allocations for South Australian River Murray irrigators have been lifted to 81 percent in the latest Water Allocation Statement issued today by the Department for Environment and Water (DEW).

A new environmental regulator has recently been constructed on the Pike River downstream of the existing Col Col bank and pipe culvert as part of the Pike Floodplain Inundation Measures Project.

A successful environmental watering program on the Chowilla floodplain has been undertaken with active involvement and knowledge from First Peoples of the River Murray and Mallee Region.

This year’s minimum allocation for South Australian River Murray irrigators has risen to 77 per cent in the latest Water Allocation Statement issued by the Department for Environment and Water (DEW).