The Darling runs dry – again

Bourke Shire Council General Manager Ross Earl checking river levels near the Bourke Wharf Photo: TWH

Water restrictions tighten

The Darling River is running dry again – just as the weather warms up and usage and evaporation ramp up for a long, hot summer.

Most of the tributaries of the Darling are bone dry and there is precious little flow in the Barwon-Darling from Mungindi on the Queensland border, right down to Wilcannia and beyond to Menindee Lakes.

A small amount of excess regulated water is spilling over the Mungindi weir and there is a tiny flow coming from the bottom of the Macquarie River upstream of Brewarrina, but basically there is no flow from top to bottom.

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