What are the low-flow device options?
Installing a device allows low-flows (at or below the calculated threshold flow rate) to pass dams and watercourse diversions while medium and high-flows continue to fill the dam or be extracted from watercourse diversions as per usual;
If you would like to discuss the suitability of any of these conceptual designs please contact us.
Low-flow trial sites
Trial sites have been established in the EMLR to demonstrate practical ways to pass low-flows around dams as part of the overarching Securing Low Flows project. These sites are being intensively monitored to provide technical data about flows received, low-flows passed and water balance within dams.
More information on the trial sites is available on the Securing Low-Flows project page.
Low-flow design competition
The former SA Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board funded a design competition to crowd-source ideas from farmers, inventors, engineers, entrepreneurs and designers to explore new ways to secure low-flows around dams and watercourse diversions in the Mount Lofty Ranges.
Entrants contributed their know-how to build on the existing range of low-flow designs.
F4F News
More information on Flows for the Future can be found in the newsletters below:
