Weir & Lock 1 - Blanchtown - SA

  Reservoir,Dam

Position

DEG: -34.35025 139.615097
DMS: 34º 21' 0.9" S 139º 36' 54.35" E
UTM: 54 H 6198139mN 372630mE
Altitude: 41.84m

Description

Place Type

Reserves - Reservoir,Dam

Location

113.15kms NorthEast of Adelaide - Driving 133 km (1 hour 38 mins)
616.06kms NorthWest of Melbourne - Driving 794 km (8 hours 21 mins)

Address & Contact

3 Shaw Street Blanchetown SA 5357
Phone: (08) 8540 5453
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

There are 10 locks on the River Murray. Locks 1-9 are controlled by SA, and lock 10 is controlled by NSW. In total there are 26 man made locks, weirs, barrages on the River Murray.

Lock One at Blanchetown is 274 km's from the Goolwa barrages. The distance between each of the other locks and weirs range from 29 to 88 km's APART. Below is a map with the locks and weirs located. Between the red location pins there is no weir or lock that can be used to control water levels.

From the map below it is very apparent that the river is narrow until it gets to Wellington where it meets Lake Alexandrina. Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert require about 2000 GL to fill. Where as in other parts of the river, much smaller quantities of freshwater are required to keep the river levels elevated.

One more weir near Wellington would make this 274 km stretch of the Lower River Murray more manageable. This 274km stretch of water includes two very different environments: a river system from Blanchetown to Wellington, and the Lower Lakes system. A Lower Lakes system which could be restored to estuarine and allowed to become tidal again.

One more weir near Wellington, would prevent seawater from travelling up the Murray to Adelaide's water supply source, would make this stretch of river safer, and would pave the way for allowing the Lower Lakes to return to a healthier tidal estuarine system.
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Closest Weather Station

Eudunda at 29/09:00am CDT
Distance from Weir & Lock 1 - Blanchtown 52.44km W
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
14.8°C13.8°C67%8.8°C1023.8hPa0.0mmSE4km/hr
2knots
km/hr
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Closest Climatic Station

Eudunda
Distance from Weir & Lock 1 - Blanchtown 52.44km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C29.229.025.621.416.913.713.114.417.120.524.526.9
Mean Min. °C13.914.312.29.87.65.75.05.36.38.010.412.3
Mean Rain mm21.622.321.032.845.152.151.055.848.640.430.026.5

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