Latest announcements

26 June 2025 opening allocation

The opening allocation for South Australian River Murray irrigators for the 2025‑26 water year is 100 percent. As the projected opening allocation announced on 15 April 2025 was greater than 50 percent, the carryover of unused allocations from 2024-25 will not be available in 2025-26. No more allocation announcements are scheduled for the 2025-26 water year as the opening allocation is 100 percent. The volume of water available for allocation will be gazetted and allocations issued for use from 1 July 2025.

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See past allocations.

Read more about private carryover.

Murray-Darling Basin rainfall outlook

Rainfall, inflows and temperatures are highly variable across the Murray-Darling Basin.

Check the Bureau of Meteorology’s rainfall outlook.

Information to help you plan

Use the water calculator to plan for the season ahead and find out how water is shared in South Australia.

Find out if you can carryover your unused allocation this year.

Ways to keep informed