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People in the area downstream of Hume Dam are advised to continue monitoring local flood warnings as releases from Hume Dam increase and further rain is forecast over the coming days.

Water releases from Hume Dam have increased in the past week as the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) continues to monitor inflows and rain forecasts.

Flood activity can mobilise a significant mass of salt from the floodplain during both the flood and the subsequent recession period.

This study was commissioned to understand the processes and thinking of responses to the risk of post flood salt mobilisation from floodplains of the River Murray.