Eyre Peninsula’s water supply
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The majority of water currently supplied to Eyre Peninsula is sourced from the southern groundwater basins, primarily Uley South. The remainder is sourced from the River Murray. The key impacts to groundwater levels on the Eyre Peninsula are a changing climate, several successive years of low rainfall and reduced natural recharging, as well as an increase in salinity in some bores.
The Department for Environment and Water (DEW) advises that despite several years of La Nina weather patterns, this rainfall has not resulted in sufficient aquifer recharge to see significant recovery in water levels. Check out the information sheet from SA Water below for information on what this might mean for future access to water.