Releases will continue to decrease from Thursday 28 January, reaching 4,000 megalitres per day (ML/day) on 19 February 2016.
The information in the table below assumes dry conditions, with little or no rainfall for the period.
Forecast Mitta Mitta flows 28 January – 23 February 2016
| Date |
Releases from Dartmouth Dam |
Colemans Gauge |
Tallandoon Gauge |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow (ML/day) | Height (m) | Flow (ML/day) | Height (m) | |||
| Thursday 28 January | Flows decreasing |
6,200 |
2.39 |
6,300 |
2.85 |
|
| Tuesday 9 February | Flows decreasing |
5,000 |
2.23 |
5,100 |
2.63 |
|
| Friday 19 February | Flows steady |
4,000 |
2.08 |
4,100 |
2.44 |
|
| Tuesday 23 February | Flows steady |
4,000 |
2.08 |
4,100 |
2.44 |
|
Autumn releases are forecast to average below 5,000 ML/day, which is less than the average release rate of 7,000 ML/day over the last three months.
The releases from Dartmouth Dam may vary from those forecast and flows on the Mitta Mitta may increase at any time if there’s rainfall in the catchment downstream of the dam.
A further flow advice will be issued when there is a significant change to releases.
Landholders and river users on the Mitta Mitta are advised to regularly check the current flows and forecasts on the MDBA website for more information on releases from Dartmouth Dam.
Live river data for Dartmouth Dam, the Mitta Mitta and other sites on the Murray system can be seen at: http://livedata.mdba.gov.au
Summary information about the River Murray system is available in the River Murray weekly report.
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