Week ending Wednesday 21 Sep 2016 Allocations (as at 21 Sep 2016) NSW - Murray Valley Victorian - Murray Valley NSW Murrumbidgee Valley Victorian - Goulburn Valley – NSW - Lower Darling South Australia Murray Valley – NSW : VIC : http://nvrm.net.au/seasonal-determinations/current SA : http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/managing-natural-resources/river-murray MEDIA RELEASE 22 September 2016 Mildura weir to make way for high flows Work to temporarily remove the Mildura Weir are expected to start on Monday 26 September as a result of increased flows in the River Murray. The acting Executive Director of River Management, Andrew Reynolds advised river users to take into account changing water levels. is important preparation for higher flows down the Murray, which are expected to start “This affecting the river at Mildura next week. It is likely river levels will then remain high through October,” Mr Reynolds said. process of taking out the weir is planned to finish by Sunday 2 October. “The will also mean passage upstream and downstream of the weir and through lock 11 will not “It be possible between Friday 30 September and Sunday 2 October. After this time river craft can bypass Lock 11, which will be closed until the weir is reinstated. weir is removed if are forecast to reach about 43,000 megalitres per day. The last “The time this occurred was in 2012. to the ongoing maintenance program at the weir, which included new trestles being “Thanks
Week ending Wednesday 21 Sep 2016 Allocations (as at 21 Sep 2016) NSW - Murray Valley Victorian - Murray Valley NSW – Murrumbidgee Valley Victorian - Goulburn Valley NSW - Lower Darling South Australia – Murray Valley NSW : VIC : http://nvrm.net.au/seasonal-determinations/current SA : http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/managing-natural-resources/river-murray MEDIA RELEASE 22 September 2016 Mildura weir to make way for high flows Work to temporarily remove the Mildura Weir are expected to start on Monday 26 September as a result of increased flows in the River Murray. The acting Executive Director of River Management, Andrew Reynolds advised river users to take into account changing water levels. “This is important preparation for higher flows down the Murray, which are expected to start affecting the river at Mildura next week. It is likely river levels will then remain high through October,” Mr Reynolds said. “The process of taking out the weir is planned to finish by Sunday 2 October. “It will also mean passage upstream and downstream of the weir and through lock 11 will not be possible between Friday 30 September and Sunday 2 October. After this time river craft can bypass Lock 11, which will be closed until the weir is reinstated. “The weir is removed if are forecast to reach about 43,000 megalitres per day. The last time this occurred was in 2012. “Thanks to the ongoing maintenance program at the weir, which included new trestles being
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