Boating activities on the River Murray remain a popular pastime. (ABC News: Jeremy Story Carter)<\/p>\n
A wet winter across the southern Murray Darling Basin has increased flows at South Australia's border to approximately 22.5 gigalitres a day.<\/p>\n
It is significantly more than SA has received in the previous two years.<\/p>\n
The Department for Environment and Water (DEW) expects flows will reduce at the end of August, before increasing again in September.<\/p>\n
Rain, hail or shine, Tasha Morath has made it routine to dive into the River Murray every day for about seven years.<\/p>\n
As flows increase to the highest levels since flooding in 2022-23, her daily swim has recently become more challenging.<\/p>\n
"I can definitely feel the resistance at the moment but there are still really good conditions still for fishing, boating, kayaking, skiing and all those sorts of things," Ms Morath said.<\/p>\n
Tasha Morath says her morning swim has become more difficult with the increased flows. (ABC Riverland: Eliza Berlage)<\/p>\n
"I just enjoy watching the pelicans come and go and they're happy at the moment.<\/p>\n
"There's plenty of fish, probably carp, jumping in the water at the moment."<\/p>\n
Approximately 22.5 gigalitres of water are flowing into South Australia every day at the moment, which has helped to revitalise the environment.<\/p>\n
It is a stark contrast to August during the previous two years, when the Department for Environment and Water (DEW) announced flows of just 8 gigalitres a day in 2025 and 4 gigalitres in 2024.<\/p>\n
DEW water delivery manager Damian Rowley said SA had not seen flows this significant since flooding in 2022-23.<\/p>\n
He said while this year's flows were not close to the level of the floods, they did show how significant the rainfall had been.<\/p>\n
Damian Rowley is reminding river users to be conscious of faster-moving water and potentially dangerous conditions. (Supplied: Department for Environment and Water)<\/p>\n