SA River Murray 04/09/14 – Base flow 191.833 Maintain water Murray River Reduced salinity concentrations (10009-01) 31/12/14 quality within the Channel, in the Murray Mouth River Murray by Lower Lakes, Increased export of salt from the contributing to the Murray Mouth Murray River Channel and Lower transport and export Lakes, and decreased net import of salt and nutrients of salt to the Coorong through the Murray Mouth and Increased transport of nutrients mitigating and phytoplankton environmental risks associated with hypoxic dissolved oxygen levels and algal blooms Warrego–Darling Oct–Nov 2014, Base flow (water None accounted Assess the response Yanda and Akuna Insufficient data from the (Information from Dec–Mar not specifically of temperature, pH, (above Darling River water quality Appendix C, 2015, delivered, rather turbidity, salinity rivers loggers Selected Area Apr–May 2015 held as and dissolved junction) No water quality–related stress Technical Report) unregulated organic carbon was observed and parameters entitlement and within normal expected ranges reliant on upstream catchment availabilities) Loddon – Reaches 3 21/09/14 – Fresh flow 2.8695 Hydrological Not monitored Not monitored and 4 and fringing 07/10/15 connectivity and wetlands water quality (10001-01)
SA River Murray (10009-01) 04/09/14 – 31/12/14 Base flow 191.833 Maintain water quality within the River Murray by contributing to the transport and export of salt and nutrients through the Murray Mouth and mitigating environmental risks associated with hypoxic dissolved oxygen levels and algal blooms Murray River Channel, Lower Lakes, Murray Mouth Reduced salinity concentrations in the Murray Mouth Increased export of salt from the Murray River Channel and Lower Lakes, and decreased net import of salt to the Coorong Increased transport of nutrients and phytoplankton Warrego–Darling (Information from Appendix C, Selected Area Technical Report) Oct–Nov 2014, Dec–Mar 2015, Apr–May 2015 Base flow (water not specifically delivered, rather held as unregulated entitlement and reliant on upstream catchment availabilities) None accounted Assess the response of temperature, pH, turbidity, salinity and dissolved organic carbon Yanda and Akuna (above rivers junction) Insufficient data from the Darling River water quality loggers No water quality–related stress was observed and parameters within normal expected ranges Loddon – Reaches 3 and 4 and fringing wetlands (10001-01) 21/09/14 – 07/10/15 Fresh flow 2.8695 Hydrological connectivity and water quality Not monitored Not monitored
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