River Murray Levels & Lock Closures


RMBOA River Ramble will held from the 14th April to the 19th April 2009. See River Ramble page for details.

Lock Closures

The locks in South Australia will be refurbished between 2008 and 2012. Each Lock may be closed for up to 3 months as it is refurbished. The table below shows the expected closures.

Lock Maintenance Phone No. Status
Tauwitchere Lock* No Major Maintenance Planned (08) 8555 2046 CLOSED
Goolwa Lock* No Major Maintenance Planned (08) 8555 3040 CLOSED
Lock 1 26th January 2009 (08) 8540 5001 OPEN
Lock 2 20th July 2009 (08) 8543 2246 OPEN
Lock 3 5th January 2010 (08) 8588 7005 OPEN
Lock 4 19th July 2010

(08) 8582 1388

OPEN
Lock 5 COMPLETED (08) 8595 5114 OPEN
Lock 6 7th February 2011 (08) 8595 8025 OPEN
Lock 7 July 2011 (after school holidays) (03) 5027 8225 OPEN
Lock 8 October 2011 (after school holidays) (03) 5027 8231 OPEN
Lock 9 30th January 2012 (03) 5028 2235 OPEN
Lock 10 COMPLETED (03) 5027 3190 OPEN

* Closed until further notice due to low water levels in Lake Alexandrina

Unofficial Addendum to the South Australia Waters Atlas

The table below has a series of jpeg images with unofficial updates to the Atlas. Please Note: These images are for information only and should not be used for navigation purposes. The RMBOA does not accept any responsibility or otherwise for the accuracy of these updates.

224 - 228 km 254 - 258 km 260 - 264 km  264 - 270 km
265 km 554 - 556 km 616 - 618 km  

River Levels

Please note: The level graphs show the difference between the nominal pool level and the measured level. For more detailed information about the river levels please visit the River Murray Data Site.

Lock 1 Downstream Lock 1 Upstream Lock 2 Downstream Lock 2 Upstream
Lock 3 Downstream Lock 3 Upstream Lock 4 Downstream Lock 4 Upstream
Lock 5 Downstream Lock 5 Upstream Lock 6 Downstream Lock 6 Upstream
Lock 7 Downstream Lock 7 Upstream Lock 8 Downstream Lock 8 Upstream
Lock 9 Downstream Lock 9 Upstream Lock 10 Downstream Lock 10 Upstream
Lock 11 Downstream Lock 11 Upstream Lock 15 Downstream Lock 15 Upstream
Murray Bridge Mannum Swan Reach Waikerie
Loxton Lake Victoria Boundary Bend Wakool

River Profile

This graph shows the level profile along the river in South Australia at the date of the latest reading.

River Flow

Yarrawonga Weir Menindee Lakes Hume Reservoir Dartmouth Reservoir
Lake Victoria Outflow Lake Victoria Inflow Boundary Bend Lock 15
Lock 10 Lock 9 Lock 5 Lock 1

Flow to South Australia

The graphs are automatically extracted from the information supplied on the SA Water web pages on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons around 2:30pm. The current river levels can be found at the SA Water web page.

More information on the Murray-Darling can be found on the Murray Darling Basin Commission MDBC) River Information webpage.


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