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ANNUAL REPORT 2010 – 11
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Save the River Murray Fund Annual Report 2010 – 11
Prepared for the South Australian Parliament by the Minister for Water
and the River Murray November 2011.
Photos appearing on page 6 and 16 are courtesy of Greg Rinder, CSIRO.
ISSN 1832 – 7869
Printed January 2012
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achievements listed in this Annual Report, please contact the Department
for Water on 08 8463 6800 or visit www.waterforgood.sa.gov.au
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Save the River Murray Fund Annual Report 2010 – 11
CONTENTS
RETURNING WATER TO THE RIVER 4
SECURING WATER RIGHTS 5
PROTECTING THE RIVER 9
ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT 14
BUILDING CAPACITY 17
PROGRAM STATEMENT FOR 18 THE PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2011
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(long-term average) of water from within
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meet these targets (through acquiring
government-owned water and purchases
from willing sellers).
During 2010–11 South Australia added
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purchasing a further 1.11 GL of water
from SA Water and providing this to
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Funds from the Save the River Murray
Levy have also allowed the state to invest
in water recovery projects put forward
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in upstream measures contributed to
increasing the amount of water recovered
for environmental purposes and will
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SA River Murray Environmental
Water Management
During 2010–11 the Department for
Water worked with other government
agencies, the South Australian
Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources
Management Board (SA MDB NRM
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criteria and secured environmental water
and funding.
An annual watering plan was developed
for the River Murray in South Australia
and an annual report on the use of
environmental water received during
2009–10 was prepared. The highest River
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the majority of the state’s River Murray
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A system was developed to study
grapevine responses to the combined
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and elevated temperature, which are
expected more frequently under climate
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for vineyard adjustments have been
proposed for growers.
Research into the impacts of reduced
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to crop recovery since returning to full
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drought periods. Research has shown that
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would be the best strategy to minimise
long-term impacts on vines.
Living Murray Icon Site Indigenous
Facilitators
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provided through an arrangement
with the Victorian Mallee Catchment
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were built with a range of Aboriginal
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groups and liaison with key individuals
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produced and distributed, a training
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management were established.
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray
Mouth icon site program delivered
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partnership with the Ngarrindjeri Regional
Authority (NRA). Members of the NRA
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provided input to the revision of the icon
site environmental watering plan.
Key Achievements
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led to improvements in eWater
ecological modelling packages. During
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consulted and asked to make changes
and improvements to its modelling
packages. As a result, an improved
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was developed and released.
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arrangements for the delivery of the
Indigenous facilitator role for The Living
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Wetland Management 173 ;UJ
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Water Quality Improvement 309 346
Total Payments 26,458 17,622
Net Increase in Funds (1,458) 4,478
Funds held at 30 June 4,808 6,266
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