NSW Murrumbidgee Valley storage levels as at 13 August 2008

(proof version) The table shows Murrumbidgee Valley storage levels as at 13 August 2008. While there is more water in storage now than at this time last year, much of this is held in individual accounts as carryover (254 GL), undelivered inter-valley transfers (about 76 GL) or is a pre-release of Snowy Hydro future commitments.

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No water for communities below Lock 1, at the South Australia end of the Murray; emergency measures now a way of life

(proof version) The Murray - Darling drought had extended and, there was only 1 570 GL in daily flows for the Basin, Emergency measures were now a way of life in the Murray - Darling Basin. The shortfall in River Murray water resources left either no water at all or barely enough for flows for critical needs.

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Money stops falling out of the sky in Tasmania: and the Hydro Tasmania annual report takes a year to descend, too

After about about a year, the final prettified edition of last year’s Hydro Tasmania annual report was published by Hydro Tasmania, just weeks before the current year’s 2008 - report was due to State Treasury, on 15 August.

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