South Australia emergency potable pipe; water from Tailem Bend and Strathalbyn to Raukkan, Narrung, Meningie and Langhorne Creek, Poltalloch Peninsula

(proof version) Karlene Maywald, Minister for the River Murray Minister for Water Security Wednesday, 20 August 2008, said a $50 million emergency project to construct two pipelines supplying potable water to Lower Lakes communities was to go to the Parliament Public Works Committee. First water was to be delivered to communities by early 2009.

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Severe drought for River Murray system at August 2008; 6 per allocation, in South Australia, and zero in Victoria

(proof version) . The River Murray system remains in severe drought. The long-term average inflow for July is 1 190 GL and the previous minimum for July was 135 GL in July 2006.

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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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