 Water in storages - Lower Darling catchmentClick the storages on the catchment map for more details  When the volume of water in the Menindee Lakes falls below 640GL, control transfers from the MDB Authority to NSW. When the lakes are under NSW control they are operated to provide water supply to Broken Hill and for local irrigation around Menindee and in the Lower Darling. When water is abundant and the lakes are under Authority control water is also distributed into the Murray to supplement supply to South Australia including providing additional dilution flow to control salinity in South Australia. This assessment of water in storage does not include water in private storage. Basin wide water availabilty report 31 March 2010 Note: Private Storage volume figures updated by Queensland in August 2010 for the Water availability report 31 March 2010. Water availability information is available in PDF format and is updated every 3 months. |
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