River Murray System Sharing the water resources of the River Murray www.mdba.gov.au a Chowilla Floodplain & Lindsay–Walpolla Island (Detail) Legend b Hattah Lakes (Hattah N.P. shown) Snowy Mountains Scheme c Gunbower–Perricoota Forest Murray–Darling Basin d Barmah–Millewa Forest Wilcannia State border * These areas form part of The Living Murray’s icon sites. River Murray system Tumut River Tributary Water storage M u Tumut r Regulated weir r r u Broken Hill ve Blowering Murray–Darling Basin m i b Non-regulated weir Major storage i Broken Hill–Menindee Pipeline R d g g h e n c i Water pipeline e l n r a R a Blowering Reservoir i r capacities v D b Water transfer tunnel e a r n A a Irrigation channel About the River Murray alk Dartmouth Dam 3856 GL Menindee Lakes Talyw Irrigated area Eildon Weir 3390 GL Jounama Pondage Great Dividing Range The River Murray flows for 2,530 km from the Hume Dam 3005 GL Tumut 3 P.S. Tantangara Reservoir Menindee National Park/icon site* Lower Lakes 2015 GL Talbingo Reservoir Australian Alps through New South Wales along Town/city Menindee Lakes 1730 GL the Victorian border and into South Australia Fishway Tumut 2 P.S. oma Riv Weir 32 Blowering Reservoir* 1631 GL o er Navigation lock T Tumut 1 P.S. before reaching the Murray Mouth and flowing into Burrinjuck Dam 1026 GL Tumut Pond Salt interception scheme Reservoir the Southern Ocean. h Talbingo Reservoir* 920 GL nc Hydroelectric power station ra b Lake Victoria 677 GL Tooma a n Pumping station Reservoir The Murray’s water flow is low and highly variable A Tantangara Reservoir* 254 GL R g I n This diagram is approximate, and intended as a V i E Lake Eucumbene l r broad overview of the River Murray System. It should * These storages are within the Murray–Darling R when compared to rivers in other countries with M a D Basin but do not contribute to the routine operation U Murray 1&2 P.S. not be considered an accurate map for the purposes t Pooncarie R a Pooncarie Weir of navigation. of the River Murray system. R E u similar catchment areas. To deal with the Murray’s A e Geehi c r Y u G r Reservoir m e variable flows, water storages and weirs have been b SOUTH AUSTRALIA e v i Snow n Khancoban y e R R Burtundy Weir iv R Pondage e i built along the river’s length to provide reliable v g r Morgan-Whyalla pipelines e Lake Victoria Wentworth lin r r Guthega P.S. water supplies. a Island Bend D Lake Jindabyne a Reservoir Morgan er Riverland Irrigation Area Coomealla iv Jindabyne R The MDBA operates four major storages — Renmark 6 Irrigation n Lake Bonney la Sn h owy 2 Area c Guthega R 10 a iv Dartmouth Dam, Hume Dam, Lake Victoria and 7 L Barren Box Swamp Pondage er 5 8 9 11 NEW SOUTH WALES 1 3 a a the Menindee Lakes (which are leased from New R Griffith IVER M RAY Mildura Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area Snowy River Blanchetown 4 UR South Wales) — 14 weirs (13 with locks); and five Lower Murray Water Redbank Weir Maude Weir Sturt Canal Catchment Irrigation District Euston Lakes Hay barrages (barriers built at the Murray Mouth to Euston Leeton Swan Reach–Stockwell pipeline Loxton Balranald Weir Lowbidgee Irrigation Area Murrumbidgee River MIA Main Canal stop sea water entering the river system). b 15 Hay Weir VICTORIA Tombullen Storage Robinvale Balranald Burrinjuck Dam To operate the river, MDBA staff coordinate and Mannum– Adelaide pipeline Robinvale Irrigation District Colleambally Yanco Weir Lake Burrinjuck Yass Berembed Weir R Colleambally direct releases from the storages to meet the Mannum I Canal Gundagai Murray Bridge– V Moulamein Gogeldrie Weir Wagga Wagga Onkaparinga pipeline E demand for water along the river system. The Murray Bridge R W E M dw ak ard MDBA works cooperatively with state authorities U o Riv o er Yanco Creek Lake Alexandrina R l R i Tumut responsible for river infrastructure to adjust water R ve Jerilderie Canberra A r Stevens Weir Y M Goolwa Murray u flows as necessary. Swan Hill Deniliquin Bi Tailem Bend–Keith pipeline llabo r Wakool Canal Irrigation Area ng C r r u eek Kerang Weir Mulwala Canal Holbrook m The River Murray must serve multiple, and often Barham b d i c d competing, demands for water. These demands Lake Albert Lower Lakes and Barrages (Detail) c RI g Macorna VER M e U Yarrawonga Weir e Channel Barmah RRA Y ER MU include water conservation and supply (including Lake Mulwala Corowa Hume Dam RIV R R LOWER LAKES The Coorong 26 Choke d R Lake Hume A i Yarrawonga Y v Strathalbyn Kow Swamp e (SEE ENLARGEMENT) Main Channel for critical human water needs), irrigation, Albury r Lake Alexandrina Torrumbarry National Channel environmental protection and enhancement, Irrigation Area B Tauwitchere Barrage ro Yarrawonga Wellington ke O Y Echuca n v Wodonga Ewe Island Barrage A C e protection of cultural heritage, protection of water R r n r e s Boundary Creek Barrage R M Cooma e Charlton Shepparton e R U v k Wangaratta i i v i e t quality, river navigation, recreation and tourism, Mundoo Barrage M r t R a R Goulburn–Murray K E a r M V i I c e Goolwa R v Irrigation District e i o Waranga i t w t hydro-power generation and flood mitigation. v R East Goulburn B a A Western a r e r R Main Channel o i e p R v k e v Channel s Waranga i r i Benalla e v a Lake Albert n e R p Basin r For more information on the River Murray system Goulburn Weir R n m o i a Bendigo v SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME d e C Dartmouth Dam d visit our website: www.mdba.gov.au r o (SEE ENLARGEMENT) L Lake Dartmouth G The Coorong o Eildon Weir ul Meningie Seymour bu rn R iver Lake Eildon Goolwa Barrage Constructing and maintaining assets River Murray operations assets are owned by a The three state constructing authorities are: © Murray–Darling Basin Authority for and on joint venture of Australian, New South Wales, behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2013. NSW: State Water Corporation Victorian and South Australian Governments. With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Victoria: Goulburn–Murray Water Assets are designed, constructed, operated Arms, the MDBA logo, all photographs, graphics and SA: SA Water trade marks, this publication is provided under a and maintained by three state constructing (as agent of the Minister for Water) Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence. authorities under the direction of the Murray– Darling Basin Authority. Reference: MDBA 37/11 River Murray system poster 140416.indd 1 16/04/2014 9:55:37 AM.