Rain levels

Renmark
January to April 28, 2022: 44.8mm
January to April 28, 2021: 25mm
January to April average: 66.2mm

Loxton
January to April 28, 2022: 57.1mm
January to April 28, 2021: 23.7mm
January to April average: 66.6mm

Waikerie
January to April 28, 2022: 62.1mm
January to April 28, 2021: 20.6mm
January to April average: 71.3mm

Lameroo
January to April 28, 2022: 58mm
January to April 28, 2021: 54.8mm
January to April average: 81.9mm

Gawler
January to April 28, 2022: 85mm
January to April 28, 2021: 55.4mm
January to April average: 86.2mm

Storage levels

Dartmouth Dam
Current storage: 93%
This time last month: 93%
This time last year: 64%

Hume Dam
Current storage: 86%
This time last month: 90%
This time last year: 43%

Lake Victoria
Current storage: 62%
This time last month: 68%
This time last year: 27%

Menindee Lakes
Current storage: 104%
This time last month: 104%
This time last year: 29%

Flows into SA

Current flows
21,200ML PER DAY

This time last month
17,900ML PER DAY

This time in 2021
5,500ML PER DAY

Record environmental flows for SA show Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track

THE environment, irrigators and other River Murray water users are benefiting from record environmental water releases being delivered under the reinvigorated Murray-Darling Basin Plan. More than 1650GL of water for the environment was provided to...

SA Farmer

December 2024

Weather & Water

Brackish groundwater can be used to irrigate crops in the Riverland

A NEW chapter in groundwater treatment and resource allocation started a couple of months ago, aiming to improve the potential use and benefits of groundwater. A small reverse-osmosis (RO) plant was installed on September, in a small plot of land at...

Sebastian Calderon

December 2024

Weather & Water

Diving into a new era at Banrock Station

DESPITE the fact that the Riverland flooding event of 2022-23 finished nearly two years ago, its devastation is still being felt around the region. Banrock Station, located just 20km northwest of Barmera, has been no different, but with water...

Lachlan Dand

November 2024

Weather & Water

Making every drop count

A RENOWNED Riverland horticultural specialist says South Australian primary producers must adapt toward sustainable farming practices to combat growing water supply constraints. Renmark-based Ian Tolley has consulted in horticultural regions around...

Hugh Schuitemaker

October 2023