Salinity of Lake Alexandrina at Milang, 1950 to July 2009

The salinity in Lake Alexandrina at Milang increased to 6,000 EC in April 2009 and is currently about 5,500 EC, which is significantly higher than the long term average (see Figure 7). Upstream of the Goolwa Barrage, the salinity increased to 32,000 EC in March 2009 and is now about 20,000 EC (compared with seawater salinity of about 50,000 EC). The salinity in Lake Albert is about 9,000 EC.

Despite good winter rains, southern Basin still in the grip of record drought [pdf]