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About Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges catchment

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<0.3% of the total Murray–Darling Basin area.

0.5% contribution to Basin water (includes Marne-Saunders catchment).

Tributaries

Angas, Bremer and Finniss Rivers, Reedy Creek.

Major towns

Mount Barker, Stathalbyn, Narine.

First Nations

Ngadjuri, Kaurna, Peramangk and Ngarrindjeri.
View the Kaurna Indigenous Weather Knowledge calendar.

Water use

Water in the catchment is used for cropping, grazing, irrigated horticulture and pasture production, conservation, urban water and industrial uses.

Water availability

Find out how much water is currently stored in the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges catchment. You’ll also find details on how much water is available, allocated and used for each category of use. For detailed volume for each major storage, weir and lock, see Storages if applicable.

River levels and water quality

You can find current and past river levels, flow rates and water quality information from gauges in:


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Water allocations and trade

Subject to rules and conditions, trading is permitted for:

  • Regulated and unregulated surface water entitlements and allocation
  • Groundwater (underground water) entitlements and allocations
  • Water licences

Trading information

Trade rules in South Australia

Water trades allocation dashboard - WaterConnect

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