Overview
During 2006, the SA Murray-Darling Basin experienced serious drought conditions across the region. The impacts of this drought were felt by all aspects of the community within the SA Murray-Darling Basin region and those outside the region that rely on the regions natural resources.
For River Murray users, the drought conditions have continued into 2007 as the water resources throughout the Murray-Darling Basin continue to be at record low levels.
This webpage is part of the Board’s Drought Response and aims to provide up-to-date information on the conditions and support available during the current Drought.
Information Sessions, Workshops and Training
Irrigation Management Training
Communiqués and Media Releases
Drought Response Communiqué April 07 (112kb)
Drought Response Communiqué February 07 (163kb)
Minister Media Release - Potential Water Allocation 07/08 (78kb)
Prime Minister Media Release - Potential Water Allocation 07/08 (20kb)
Drought Response Communiqué January 07 (84kb)
Drought Response Communiqué December 06 (84kb)
Drought Response Communiqué November 06 (81kb)
Media Release - Hon Rory McEwen (95kb)
Commercials
Water Saving Commercial 1 (1.5mb)
Water Saving Commercial 2 (1.6mb)
Information Sheets and Other Management Tools
Tips to help Mallee farmers survive the drought (30kb)
Consumption Tracker
Acid Sulphate Soils Along The Lower River Murray (783kb)
(To assist you to monitor your water usage against your restricted water allocation, the SA Murray-Darling Natural Resources Management Board has developed a computer based tool to assist you to keep track of your water consumption.
The tool is a Microsoft Office Excel based program that allows you to enter readings from your irrigation meter and this information will produce a graph that tracks your usage against your restricted allocation.)
Useful Contacts
Click here to view a list of useful contact list (80kb)
Links