Allocations for February 2019 have been announced by the Storage Manager.
No measureable inflow was observed to reservoirs for a third consecutive month during January. High temperatures persisted throughout January, and with little rainfall, substantial evaporation losses from reservoirs were observed. As a result, no increase in allocation has been possible this month.
Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline Product remains at 54% allocation, and Glenelg Compensation Flow remains at 1% allocation. No allocation has yet been possible to Recreation entitlement, Wetland entitlement or Commonwealth environmental entitlement.
Horsham Rural City Council advise that algae, suspected of being potentially toxic blue-green algae has been observed at Green Lake. Link to Horsham Rural City Council Media Release.
The Storage Manager has released its third quarterly Operating Plan Supplement 3 for January to March 2019. This supplement accompanies the Annual Operating Plan 2018-19 and looks specifically at reservoir system operation over the upcoming 3-month period. The Annual Operating Plan and operating plan supplements are available here.
Allocations for January 2019 have been announced by the Storage Manager.
Even with above average rainfall at Grampians reservoirs during December, no measureable inflow was observed, due to the dry condition of catchments. The rainfall received resulted in much lower than forecast reservoir system losses for December, and has contributed to Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline Product increasing by 9% to have a 54% allocation. Glenelg Compensation Flow remains at 1% allocation this month. No allocation has yet been possible to Recreation entitlement, Wetland entitlement or Commonwealth environmental entitlement.
Allocations for December 2018 have been announced by the Storage Manager.
No measureable inflow was observed to reservoirs during November. Lower than forecast reservoir system losses over the past month have contributed to Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline Product increasing by 2% to have a 45% allocation. Glenelg Compensation Flow remains at 1% allocation this month. No allocation has yet been possible to Recreation entitlement, Wetland entitlement or Commonwealth environmental entitlement.
The Storage Manager's latest allocation outlook for November 2018 to January 2019 is now available. Click here to view details.
The Storage Manager has released its second quarterly operating plan supplement for October to December 2018. This supplement accompanies the Annual Operating Plan and looks specifically at reservoir system operation over the upcoming 3-month period. The Annual Operating Plan and operating plan supplements are available here.
Allocations for October 2018 have been announced by the Storage Manager.
With well below average inflows having been received to reservoirs over the past month, Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline Product has increased by 1% to have a 40% allocation. Glenelg Compensation Flow remains at 1% allocation this month. No allocation has yet been possible to Recreation entitlement, Wetland entitlement or Commonwealth environmental entitlement.
Allocations for September 2018 have been announced by the Storage Manager.
Despite below average inflows over the past month, sufficient inflow has been received for Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline Product to increase by 22% this month to have a 39% allocation. Glenelg Compensation Flow has also received a 1% allocation. No allocation has yet been possible to Recreation entitlement, Wetland entitlement or Commonwealth environmental entitlement.
A September update on Reservoir Operations is also now available.
The Storage Manager has this week commenced a transfer of water between Rocklands Reservoir and both Taylors Lake and Toolondo Reservoir. These transfers will occur concurrently, and see 3,000 to 4,000 ML transferred to Taylors Lake, and 5,000 ML transferred to Toolondo Reservoir. Further information and details of these transfers are provided in the current Reservoir Operations Update.