River Murray flood recovery

River Murray flood grants

Grants are available to assist primary producers who have suffered direct loss or damage because of the 2022–23 River Murray floods.

• Primary Producer Recovery Grants
• Primary Production Irrigation Grants

Lower Murray reclaimed irrigation areas

Find out what's happening with repairing levee networks and the dewatering process.

The Department for Environment and Water has flood dewatering information for councils and residents (PDF) about how to plan for and undertake dewatering as flood waters recede.

Read the latest flood recovery update.

Waste clean-up

Disaster Management Australia (DMA) is delivering a large scope of work on behalf of Green Industries South Australia (GISA) under the Flood Waste Clean-up Program. The program provides the following services for program registrants:

• structural assessment of flood-affected structures
• structural hazard reduction for asbestos and mould
• removal and disposal of flood-affected waste
• structural demolition
• removal of other waste relocated by the flood
• removal and processing of sandbags.

If you haven't registered your property for any works and would like assistance, please register with GISA at 1800 302 787 between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday.

If you have already registered and would like to discuss your support, please contact Disaster Management Australia at 1800 418 491.

For more information, visit FAQs: Structural assessments for flood-affected properties.

Water releases from upstream

Releases from Hume Dam are within the normal range for this time of year with releases to meet downstream orders only. No pre-releases are needed at this stage, but if rainfall occurs then pre-releases may be necessary.

Pre-releases from upper dams to create airspace do not necessarily mean an increase in flow at the South Australian border.

For up-to-date information about what is happening upstream and how this may affect you, refer to the weekly flow report.