Latest restrictions and flood take advice for rivers and streams

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Phone: 1300 368 550 - request to be put through to the Operations Branch - ​Agriculture & Water Division.

Current Irriga​tion Water Restrictions​

M​ore information on Irrigation Water Restrictions can be found on the Public Information website ​at http://www.publicinfo.tas.gov.au/













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​​​*​​​​​​t​ot​​al​​ b​an ​​​​unless state​d otherwise​​​​​

​IRRIGATION  RESTRICTION TYPE*​​         ​
(per allo​c​​ations) ​

​​​PERIO​D FR​​OM:​ ​

PER​IOD TO:   

(unless advised ​otherwise)​​​

​Tomahawk River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Thursday 7 May 2026
​12 Midday Thursday 28 May 2026
​Greens Creek and Tributaries
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​Surety 5 & 6
​3 PM Wednesday 6 May 2026
​​12 Midday Wednesday 27 May 2026
​Apsley River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6 
​12 Midday Friday 1 May 2026
​​12 Midday Tuesday 19 May 2026
​Swan River and Tributaries 

​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Friday 1 May 2026
​​12 Midday Tuesday 19 May 2026
​St Pauls River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6 
​12 Midday Friday 1 May 2026
​​12 Midday Tuesday 19 May 2026
​Ansons River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Thursday 30 April 2026
​​12 Midday Thursday 21 May 2026​
​Jordan River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Tuesday 21 April 2026
​​12 Midday Tuesday 2 June 2026
​​Little Swanport River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Wednesday 29 April 2026
​​12 Midday Wednesday 20 May 2026​

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Current Easing ​​of Irrigation Water Restrictions

More information on Easing of Irrigation Water Restrictions can be found on the Public Information website at http://www.publicinfo.tas.gov.au/

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​SURETY LEVEL​​


​PERIO​D F​​ROM:

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​PERIOD TO: (unless advised
othe​rwise​)​

​South Esk River above Macquarie River, excluding the Nile River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6 
​​12 Midday Thursday 7 May 2026
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​Nile River and Tributaries

​Surety 5 & 6
​​11 AM Tuesday 5 May 2026​
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​​Liffey River DS West Channel
​Surety 5 & 6
​9 AM Tuesday 5 May 2026
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​Liffey River US West Channel
​surety 5 & 6
​​5PM Monday 4 May 2026​
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​Ringarooma River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​​11 AM Monday 4 May 2026​
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​Little Forester River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​11 AM Monday 4 May 2026
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​Quamby Brook and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​11 AM Monday 4 May 2026
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​​Panatana Rivulet and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Monday 27 April 2026
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​Current Flood/Opportunistic​ takes​​​

​More information on current Flood/Opportunistic takes can be found on the Public Information website at http://www.publicinfo.tas.gov.au/


RIVER​​​​​​​

S​UR​E​​TY LEVEL

​​PERIOD FROM:

​​PERIOD TO:
(unless advised ​​​​​otherwise)​

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Contact

FarmPoint
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
PO Box 46
Kings Meadows TAS 7249
Phone: 1300 292 292
Fax: 6777 5100
Email: farmpoint@nre.tas.gov.au
Website: http://farmpoint.tas.gov.au