South Australian Minister for the River Murray, Karlene Maywald, says a series of projections have been produced for irrigators outlining possible monthly increases to River Murray water allocations under various inflow scenarios.
The projections, developed by the State Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, show the likelihood of receiving different levels of allocations during the 2008-09 water year.
"These indicators have been calculated using a number of different possible flow scenarios depending on the volume of rainfall we receive over winter and spring," Mrs Maywald said.
"This outlook for water availability takes into account the need to share water between irrigation, critical needs reserves for 2009-10, environmental use and flows into the Lower Lakes.
"However, if inflow conditions remain low, it will be difficult to provide water for all competing demands."
Mrs Maywald says these projections are based on the best information currently available, but will be subject to change with each monthly update.
* The latest projections can be found at 'Water availability diagrams' on the DWLBC website.
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