Euston weir pool lowered

20 July 2011

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority has begun a temporary lowering of Euston weir pool.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority has begun a temporary lowering of Euston weir pool in response to a request from Victoria Police.

The level immediately upstream of the weir is expected to be lowered by up to 1.4 m by about Friday 22 July.

With flows currently at about 27,000 ML/day and rising, the effects of this lowering will be far less noticeable further upstream from the weir.

The lowering of the weir will not result in a significant rise in downstream levels.

It is expected that the level of the weir will be returned to about 47.45 m (15 cm below full supply level) by the end of July.

River pumpers, boat operators and other river users are advised to take these changed water levels into account.

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will continue to issue further advice via the MDBA's Weekly Report, which can be viewed at www.mdba.gov.au.

For more information contact the MDBA media office at media@mdba.gov.au or the Victoria Police Media Unit on 03 9247 5205.