Here is the info on the last week of River Murray operations. If you’d like to see the full report with images, graphs and data on flow and salinity, it’s on the MDBA website.
River Operations
MDBA active storage decreased by 78 GL during the week to 7,440 GL (87% capacity). At Dartmouth Reservoir, the total storage [...]
The other day we asked our Chair, Craig Knowles, to get in front of the camera and give everyone a bit of an introduction to the draft plan. This is now up on YouTube. Craig gives a 6-minute overview of the draft, so it’s a good place to start getting your head around what’s in it. He’s [...]
Today is the kick-off for the 20-week consultation period on the draft Basin Plan.
Up front, I want to stress that what is being released today is a draft. The proposals it contains are just that – proposals.
Developing the draft Basin Plan
The draft Basin Plan is an attempt at having a Basin-wide approach to water use. [...]
As more and more people contact us for information on the draft and order their copy, we’ve been asked ’How should I read it?’
It’s a good question, and an important one considering that the Windsor Inquiry said we had to do a better job of communicating the Basin Plan.
The draft Basin Plan is actually a draft legislative [...]
Today we published an explanation of the Environmental Watering Plan (EWP), which is part of the draft Basin Plan.
The EWP is a major part of the Basin Plan. Its role is to achieve the best possible environmental outcomes using the water made available by the Basin Plan. The EWP itself will not be a static [...]
The draft plan will be made available on the 28th of November 2011, which is when the formal public consultation period starts.
We are keeping the public consultations open for the next 20 weeks to give people an opportunity to read the draft plan, discuss it with their community leaders, discuss it with us and then provide [...]
Further updated on 27 January 2012
Updated on 23 January 2012
Surface water sustainable diversion limits (SDLs) have been the focus of a lot of interest both before and after the release of the draft Basin Plan. However, discussion has grown around the matter of groundwater.
This is partly because of the Commonwealth Government’s announcement of an interim [...]