Murray River Conditions At A Glance
Summary of Media Release issued by the Department for Water on Friday  17 May 2013. Flow Outlook The flow at the South Australian border is approximately 5,200 ML/day and is likely to remain around this rate during the coming week depending on upstream operations and rainfall events. The flow over Lock 1 is approximately 4,600 ML/day and is likely to remain around this rate during the coming week, depending on weather conditions, irrigation demand and environmental water delivery. Barrage Operations And Water Levels In The Lower Lakes The water level in Lake Alexandrina is approximately 0.62 m AHD and approximately 0.67 m AHD in Lake Albert. During the coming week, barrage operations will target a water level between 0.60 m AHD and 0.65 m AHD in both Lakes. All barrage fishways are in operation. CONSTRUCTION WORKS Mildura Weir Pool Lowering (upstream of South Australia) The Mildura Weir pool will be drawn down from Monday, 27 May 2013 so essential maintenance work can be undertaken on the weir’s underwater concrete base. The work will take approximately eight to eleven weeks to complete. Boat access through the weir will not be possible during this period. Currency Creek The Currency Creek Regulator is being removed by Maritime Constructions Pty Ltd. The dredge commenced operations on Tuesday, 24 April 2013. Removal of the regulator will take approximately 4 months to complete. Maritime Construction Pty Ltd will be operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until the work is completed. Chowilla Creek Construction of the Chowilla Creek Environmental Regulator will be ongoing until the end of 2013. For public safety reasons, Chowilla Creek remains closed to navigation at the construction site.
WEATHER FORECASTS & WARNINGS Murraylands Forecast : Riverland Forecast : Warnings for South Australia
Colour Legend   Lock Closed; or Danger in Area River flow above 60 Gigalitres per day   Caution Required / Bridge not opening River flow above 30 Gigalitres per day   No identified issues in the area	River Distance: N/A Tauwitchere Lock Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: 8555 3040	River Distance: 8km Goolwa Lock Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (08) 8555 2046             0408 813 729
River Distance: 12km Goolwa WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance:  112 km Murray Bridge River Level	River Distance:  112 km Murray Bridge WDS Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance:  150 km Mannum River Level	River Distance:  150 km Mannum WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 208km Walker Flat WDS Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 246 km Swan Reach River Level	River Distance: 246 km Swan Reach WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 274 km Lock1: Blanchetown Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (08) 8540 5001 River Flow
River Distance: 274 km Blanchetown WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 319km Morgan WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 362 km Lock 2: Waikerie Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (08) 8543 2246
River Distance: 382 km Waikerie WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 382 km Waikerie River Level	River Distance: 431 km Lock 3 WDS Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 431 km Lock 3: Overland Corner: Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (08) 8588 7005	River Distance: 489 km Loxton River Level	River Distance: 516 km Lock 4: Bookpurnong Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Be aware of pump down stream of Lock Phone: (08) 8582 1388
River Distance: 524km Berri WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 562 km Lock 5: Renmark Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (08) 8595 5114 River Flow	River Distance: 564 km Paringa Bridge Opening Bridge Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: 0408 955 322 Closed Height = 3.6 metres
River Distance: 566 km Renmark WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 617 km Lock 6 WDS Status: OPERATIONAL	River Distance: 620 km Lock 6: Murtho Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (08) 8595 8025
River Distance: GS426200 River Level River Flow	River Distance: 697 km Lock 7: Rufus River Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (03) 5027 8225	River Distance: 726 km Lock 8: Wangumma Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (03) 5027 8231
River Distance: 765 km Lock 9: Kulnine Downstream : Upstream Status:  OPERATIONAL Phone: (03) 5028 2235 River Flow	River Distance: 825 km Lock 10: Wentworth Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (03) 5027 3190 River Flow	River Distance: 836 km Wentworth WDS Status: OPERATIONAL
River Distance: 878 km Lock 11: Mildura Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (03) 5023 1396 (See note below)	River Distance: 1110 km Lock 15: Euston Downstream : Upstream Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: River Flow	River Distance: 1228 km Boundary Bend  River Level River Flow
River Distance: 1285 km Wakool Junction River Level River Flow	River Distance: 1629 km Lock 26: Torrumbarry Weir River Information Status: OPERATIONAL Phone: (03) 5487 7221
Lower Murray River Depth Profile (Normalised to pool level)	Lake Victoria Lake Level, Inflow, Outflow, Storage	River Flow into South Australia

NOTES:

Lock 11 Closure & Maintenance

The Mildura Weir pool will be drawn down from Monday 27^th May 2013 for weir maintenance. The repairs should take about 8 weeks, but could take up to 11 weeks. Lock 11 will also be closed during that time. The Weir Pool will be lowered to around 3.6 metres below full supply level.

Flow Classification Scheme

The South Australian Government classification system for River Murray flows can be found here.

The RMBOA ceases river functions when the River Flow is expected to be in excess of 30,000ML/day because of the difficulties in mooring a fleet of boats close together.

What is "pool level"?
Under normal conditions, the locks along the lower Murray River cause the river to form into a series of pools between the locks. The pool level is the height above sea level of the surface of the water in those pools. To allow river users to see whether the river level is above or below normal, the river levels in the RMBOA graphs are normalised around the pool level. That is, if the river river is the normal pool level, it will show as 0 metres. If it is above the normal level, the reading will be positive and if it is below the normal level, it was be shown as being negative. On the river level graphs, the pool level is shown as a yellow horizontal line.

What Does The "Depth Profile" show?
The depth profile represents the normalised depth of the river along its length in South Australia. If all the levels along  the river were at pool level, it would be a straight line as the normal  height variations would be removed. The vertical lines that are usually seen on the graph represent the weirs. Although in a flood, the water level above and below each weir is the same, the profile graph will show a large jump as there is a large difference between the normal level below the lock and the current level.

River Murray Flow Advice

The Department of Water is providing weekly bulletins about the flow in the Murray River from Lock 9 to Murray Bridge. The advice is issued each Friday on their news page. Further information can be obtained by phoning (08) 8595 2299 for a recorded message.

Murray Darling Weekly Report

The Murray Darling Basin Authority provides a weekly status report on the basin. This provides a wide range of information from across the entire basin.