On Friday 20 January, releases will be increased from 300 megalitres per day (ML/day) to 2,400 ML/day.
Releases will start being reduced the next day, Saturday 21 January, and will return to 300 ML/day by Sunday 22 January.
This pulse in the Mitta Mitta River is to benefit the local environment.
The releases from Dartmouth Dam may vary from those forecast and flows on the Mitta Mitta may increase at any time if rain falls in the catchment downstream of the dam.
Forecast Mitta Mitta flows
Time and Date |
Releases from |
Colemans Gauge |
Tallandoon Gauge |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Flow |
Height |
Flow |
Height |
||
| 0700 hrs Friday 20 January | Flows increasing |
300 |
1.00 |
720 |
1.45 |
| 1600 hrs Friday 20 January | Flow steady |
2,400 |
1.78 |
760 |
1.47 |
| 1600 hrs Saturday 21 January | Flows decreasing |
2,400 |
1.78 |
3,000 |
2.16 |
| 1800 hrs Sunday 22 January | Flows steady |
300 |
1.00 |
1,500 |
1.75 |
| 0800 hrs Monday 23 January | Flows steady |
300 |
1.00 |
760 |
1.47 |
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 information on releases from Dartmouth Dam and current flows and forecasts on the MDBA website: www.mdba.gov.au/river-information/storage-volumes-releases
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.
Further details are available in the latest River Murray Weekly Report.
ENDS
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