Case study 2: Lower Darling

In 2010–11 in response to a proposal from an interested landholder, 7.6 gigalitres of Commonwealth environmental water was used to complement flooding flows and contribute to river flows in the Darling River to Menindee Lakes and downstream to the Darling Anabranch (see Appendix B, Tables 6).

Environmental water that was provided by the Commonwealth, the Living Murray program and the New South Wales Government was used to create a flow down the Great Darling Anabranch and connect to the Murray River. This was the first time that the Anabranch had received significant flows in over a decade, and the water was absorbed in the Anabranch by streams and wetlands.