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This update provides an overview on how the Murray–Darling Basin Authority is managing Hume Dam and Dartmouth Dam during the current high flows.

The River Murray is Australia's longest river, running a course of 2,500 km from near Mount Kosciuszko in the Australian Alps to the Southern Ocean at Goolwa, in South Australia.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority is increasing releases from Hume Dam today.  

Andrew Reynolds, Acting Chief Executive, provides an overview on how the Murray–Darling Basin Authority is managing Hume Dam during the current high flows.

The following can be attributed to Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) acting Chief Executive Andrew Reynolds.

In late March 2019, rain fell in the Namoi, Macquarie and Warrego catchments which led to the first significant flow to occur along those systems, for an extended period of time.

The Namoi River catchment in northern New South Wales stretches westward from the Great Dividing Range to the floodplains of northern New South Wales.

Hume Dam forms Hume Reservoir, which is the main supply storage and one of the two major headwater storages for the River Murray system.

Take a look at this impressive aerial shot of some Gilgai country on the Namoi floodplain, west of Narrabri in New South Wales.

Murray–Darling Basin communities are anticipating a wet spring but are warned there is a significant risk of hypoxic blackwater events occurring particularly in New South Wales.