Media Releases
Our latest media releases
Speed limit across reservoir
Glenmaggie Reservoir has now fallen below 25%, triggering recreational water usage restrictions. This restricts boats and other water vessels to 5-knots per hour across the lake, and so waterskiing and jetskiing are not possible. Fishing is still permitted. Boats are...
Buyers and sellers needed for water trading session
Many of our customers in the Macalister Irrigation District are running low on water or have no water left to use this season. The conditions for many customers is not looking great. In an exceptional season like the current one, it is important that water is traded....
Pykes Creek reopens
Pykes Creek reopens SRW has advised that Pykes Creek Reservoir has reopened for all recreational water activities after receiving results confirming bacteria (E.coli) levels had returned to low levels. The Reservoir was closed on February 5 due to elevated levels of...
BGA – Lake Glenmaggie
Blue Green Algae warning for Lake Glenmaggie Southern Rural Water has announced that a Blue Green Algae (BGA) bloom warning is current for Lake Glenmaggie. Warning signs advising people not to swim, fish or come in contact with the water have been put up at several...
Groundwater survey for Central and East Gippsland
Southern Rural Water (SRW) is reviewing groundwater management plans in the Gippsland region. Customers who have been sent a survey and other interested parties are invited to complete a survey relating to the Yarram Water Supply Protection Area and the Stratford...
Latrobe River online auction of Blue Rock drought reserve
As part of the Gippsland Sustainable Water Strategy, a volume of water in the Blue Rock Reservoir has been put aside for temporary allocation under the drought reserve. This water is now available to be sold to licensed irrigators on the Latrobe River, downstream of...
Permanent MID water share auction
The auction for 269 megalitres (ML) of permanent water shares in the Macalister Irrigation District was completed successfully yesterday at Southern Rural Water's office in Johnson Street, Maffra. The lots were offered as high and low reliability bundles. There were...
Glenmaggie boating restrictions
Glenmaggie Reservoir has fallen below 44%, triggering recreational water usage restrictions. This restricts boats and other water vessels to 5-knots per hour across two-thirds of the lake, reducing the area where waterskiing and jetskiing is possible. The restricted...
Pykes Creek temporarily closed for recreational use
Southern Rural Water has temporarily closed Pykes Creek Reservoir for recreational water activities due to the detection of high levels of E.coli during regular monitoring. The reservoir was closed after similar levels were found in early January of 2019. ...
High demand expected for water auction
With dry conditions and high demand for water, Southern Rural Water is expecting strong interest in its auction of permanent water shares in the Macalister Irrigation District on Tuesday 19 February, at the Maffra SRW Office. These water shares have been made...