More than 3000 people from Goolwa, SA, congregated on the banks to the Lower Murray yesterday to rally the government for more water to be pumped down the river to save the local economies and the environment.
Protest organiser Southern Alexandrina Business Association suggested a $5 million temporary weir or water to be pumped from Lake Alexandrina into Goolwa's part of the river as solutions to minimise further suffering to the area's tourism industries.
Water levels at Goolwa are 1.1 metres below the normal level due to reduced inflows into the River Murray.
The latest report from the Murray Darling Basin Commission showed only 95GL flowed into the system in June, beating the lowest recorded in 2006 of 106GL.
On August 1, another protest is organised at Parliament House, with organisers hoping to gain State-wide support.
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