River Murray Flood Emergency Declaration revoked

Effective at 12:00pm 9 February 2023, is the Emergency Services (River Murray) (No 1) Direction 2023, signed by Chris Beattie, Chief Officer of the South Australian State Emergency Service.

In signing this Direction, some prohibitions remain on the River Murray.

River Murray prohibitions (all Zones)

In all Zones of the River Murray you cannot:

• Enter or remain on an engaged levee except as provided for an emergency response or inspection, maintenance, and repair (including inspection, maintenance and repair of the levee, power lines or other infrastructure).
• Moor, anchor, attach, or secure any vessel to an engaged levee.
• Operate a vessel on the River Murray must not exceed a speed of 4 knots within 250 metres of an engaged levee or within 250 metres from the location of any dwelling or buildings, that are partially or wholly submerged.

Zone A, Zone B, Zone C, Zone D, Zone E and Zone F prohibitions

You cannot:

• Operate a human powered vessel within 250 metres of a lock or weir.
• Swim, bathe or dive within 250 metres of a lock or weir.
• Be within 50 metres from any point along the length of an overhead powerline, if in or on a floodplain.
• Tow a person from the vessel (including water skiing and other similar activities).

Zone G prohibitions

You cannot:

• Operate human powered vessels within 750 metres of the Murray mouth or within 250 metres of any of the barrages, unless the operator is a tour operator or under the direction of a tour operator.
• Swim, bathe or dive within 750 metres of the Murray mouth, or within 250 metres of any of the barrages.
• Moor, anchor, attach, or secure, or cause to be moored, anchored, attached or secured in any way any vessel to any of the barrages.

For more information, visit: SA.GOV.AU - Restrictions (www.sa.gov.au)