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Lock 5 And Weir Renmark - SA

Lock 5 and Weir Renmark - In Flood December 2016

Lock 5 and Weir Renmark

Reservoir,Dam

Position

DEG: -34.188911 140.7659

DMS: 34º 11' 20.08" S 140º 45' 57.24" E

UTM: 54 H 6216873mN 478429mE

Altitude: 21.61m

Place Type

Reserves - Reservoir,Dam

Location

215.16kms East of Adelaide - Driving 255 km (2 hours 56 mins)
552.15kms NorthWest of Melbourne - Driving 676 km (7 hours 4 mins)
775.6kms West of Canberra - Driving 935 km (9 hours 39 mins)

Address & Contact

Lock Road
Paringa SA 5340

Phone: (08) 8595 5114

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 5 at Renmark is 562 km's from the Goolwa barrages. The distance between each of the other locks and weirs range from 29 to 88 km's APART.

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 the stretch of the Lower River Murray more manageable. The 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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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Renmark Airport at 01/09:30pm CST

Distance from Lock 5 And Weir Renmark 8.27km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
6.3°C	4.0°C	55%	-2.1°C	1031.0hPa	0.0mm	CALM	0km/hr 0knots	0km/hr 0knots

Closest Climatic Station

Renmark Aero

Distance from Lock 5 And Weir Renmark 8.27km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.6	32.7	28.7	24.5	20.0	16.8	16.2	18.6	22.0	24.8	28.9	31.0
Mean Min. °C	16.2	16.2	12.7	8.8	6.4	4.6	3.7	4.5	6.7	8.9	12.5	14.1
Mean Rain mm	18.1	20.0	13.7	16.2	16.2	21.9	20.9	21.9	23.7	27.0	22.8	23.3