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General Category => News Views & Press Releases => Topic started by: Editor on January 03, 2014, 09:14:49 PM
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Flow advice: Releases from Menindee Lakes reducing
03 January 2014
Landholders and river users, including pumpers, are being encouraged to take note of the falling water levels in the lower Darling River, and to make necessary adjustments to their activities.
Releases from Menindee Lakes will continue to be gradually reduced towards the normal summer minimum of 350ML/day (1.5m local gauge height) by about early February.
The flow at Weir 32 is currently about 3,000ML/day (2.2m local gauge height) and will be reduced by about 100ML/day each day, on average, starting Monday, January 6.
Downstream at Burtundy, the flow is currently about 3,000ML/day (2.1m local gauge height) and is expected to recede to about 1,000ML/day (1.0m local gauge height) by late January.
The reductions in flows will ensure that release from the lakes will be at a minimum when the combined storage volume of the Menindee Lakes falls to 480GL.
Once the lake levels fall to 480GL, management of the lakes becomes the responsibility of NSW.
Responsibility returns to the MDBA once lake levels rise above 640GL.
This flow forecast is dependent on weather conditions and operational requirements and assumes no significant rainfall or inflows.
A further flow advice will be issued if there are any significant changes to these planned releases.
Forecast flows and Menindee storage volumes are available on the MDBA website.