MDBA
The likelihood of water quality issues is typically lowest across cooler months.
Key water quality issues:
- Harmful algal blooms: Algae can pose a risk to the health of humans, animals and the environment.
Blue-green algae levels are currently elevated across much of the Basin's rivers/storages including in the north, the NSW central west, mid-Murray systems, and VIC's central north.
A marine algal species (Karenia mikimotoi) remains present in SA's Coorong but is not currently blooming.
Water quality within the Basin is monitored by individual States. Any site-specific alerts, warnings or advisories are issued by those respective States.
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