After being honoured with the Australian Water Association Infrastructure Project Innovation Award (Regional) at a state level in November 2025, the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Lake Hawdon North On-Ground Works project went on to secure the National award at the OzWater ’26 Gala in Brisbane on 27 May.

Salisbury, Charles Sturt, Playford, Marion and Onkaparinga councils and the Eastern Region Alliance Water ‒ which is a joint venture between Burnside, Norwood, Payneham and St Peters, and Walkerville councils ‒ have received funding under the South Australian Alternative Water Supply Efficiency Measures (AWSEM) Program.

Commonwealth environmental water released from the Goulburn Valley in Victoria in autumn, travelled approximately 1,500 kilometres downstream, delivering benefits from Shepparton all the way to the Coorong.

The 2026-27 water allocation for South Australian River Murray irrigators has increased from 92 per cent to 100 per cent.

The 2026-27 water allocation for South Australian River Murray irrigators has increased from 83 per cent to 92 per cent.

The 2026-27 opening water allocation for South Australian River Murray irrigators is 83 per cent.

Promising results have been recorded from bird surveys conducted at various Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin (HCHB) On-Ground Works sites, with Lake Hawdon North, Teringie Wetland Complex and Tolderol Game Reserve all seeing phenomenal results and large numbers of birds returning to the sites almost immediately after completion of their respective HCHB on-ground works projects.

Exciting wetland restoration works are now underway across 35 sites in South Australia.

The projected minimum opening water allocations for South Australian River Murray irrigators remains at 62 per cent at the start of the 2026-27 water year.

South Australian River Murray irrigators are projected to receive minimum opening water allocations of 62 per cent at the start of the 2026-27 water year.