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/






​​RIVER​​​​

​​​*​​​​​​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)​​​

​Western Creek and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 
​5 PM Tuesday 17 February 2026
​12 Midday Tuesday 3 March 2026

​​Ringarooma River and Tributaries

​Surety 6
​12 Midday Tuesday 17 February 2026
​12 Midday Thursday 26 March 2026
St Pauls River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6
​​​12 Midday Monday 16 February 2026
​​12 Midday Tuesday 24 March 2026​
​South Esk River above Macquarie, excluding the Nile River and Tributaries 
​​Surety 7, Surety 6 & 50% of Surety 5 MDT
​​12 Midday Monday 16 February 2026
​​12 Midday Monday 23 March 2026
​Claytons Rivulet and Tributaries
​Surety 6
​​12 Midday Monday 16 February 2026
​12 Midday Tuesday 24 March 2026​
​​Chasm Creek and Tributaries
​Surety 6
​12 Midday Monday 16 February 2026
​12 Midday Monday 23 March 2026
​Little Swanport River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Friday 13 February 2026
​​12 Midday Friday 13 March 2026
​Little Forester River and Tributaries
​Surety 6
4 PM          Thursday 12 Febuary 2026
​​12 Midday Monday 9 March 2026​
​St. Patricks River and Tributaries 
​Surety 6
​12 Midday Thursday 12 Febuary 2026
​12 Midday Friday 6 March 2026​​
​Pipers River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Tuesday 10 Febuary 2026
​12 Midday Wednesday 11 March 2026
​Welcome River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Tuesday 10 Febuary 2026
​12 Midday Tuesday 10 March 2026
​Jordan River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​​​1 PM  Monday 9 Febuary 2026​​
​12 Midday Monday 9 March 2026
​Greens Creek and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​​1 PM  Monday 9 Febuary 2026
​​12 Midday Thursday 5 March 2026
​Rubicon River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Friday 6 Febuary 2026​
​12 Midday Tuesday 3 March 2026
​​Apsley River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Friday 6 Febuary 2026
​12 Midday Monday 2 March 2026
​Tomahawk River and Tributaries 
​Surety 5 & 6
​10 AM Thursday 5 Febuary 2026
​12 Midday Thursday 5 March 2026
​Quamby Brook and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
​1 PM Monday 2 February 2026
​​12 Midday Monday 2 March 2026
​Ansons River and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6 
​12 Midday Monday 2 February 2026
​​12 Midday Monday 23 February 2026
​​Liffey River downstream of West Channel and Tributaries 
​​Surety 5 & 6
​12 Midday Tuesday 20 January 2026
​12 Midday Tuesday 24 Febuary 2026
​​​​​​Liffey River upstream of West Channel and Tributaries
​​Surety 5 & 6
​​​​12 Midday Monday 2 February 2026
​​12 Midday Wednesday 18 February 2026


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/











​RIVER​​



​SURETY LEVEL​​


​PERIO​D F​​ROM:


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

​​Panatana Rivulet and Tributaries
​Surety 5 & 6
12 Midday Monday 16 February 2026​


​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)​





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