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River Murray water allocations – 15 October 2019

15/10/2019

Conditions across the southern Murray-Darling Basin have remained relatively dry with no reasonable rainfall falling since the last update on 1 October 2019, which has resulted in no improvement to the water resource availability to South Australia.

Works continue to keep Adelaide’s coastline sandy

14/10/2019

Sand pumping to replenish the beaches between Kingston Park and Somerton Park is wrapping up ready for summer.

Sand recycling from Semaphore to West Beach and Henley Beach South

14/10/2019

Fast facts about the sand recycling underway from Semaphore to Adelaide’s struggling southern beaches.

New management plan for Lake Gairdner National Park

11/10/2019

A new management plan has been developed for Eyre Peninsula’s Lake Gairdner National Park to protect one of South Australia’s largest salt lake systems.

Threatened stick-nest rats translocated to bolster population

08/10/2019

South Australian greater stick-nest rats have been safely translocated to Western Australia to help recover the threatened species.

River Murray water allocations – 1 October 2019

01/10/2019

South Australian River Murray irrigators’ allocations have increased to 87 per cent – improving from 81 per cent as announced on 16 September 2019.

Help shape a healthy future for the Coorong

01/10/2019

South Australians are invited to provide feedback on key projects of Project Coorong through a series of discussion sessions in the state’s south-east.

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The Department for Environment and Water acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.