Friday, March 1 The depth of the Murray River at Swan Hill was at 1.03 metres, a substantial drop from January 26, when it was running at 3.85m.

The river flow had also slowed substantially, with just 4023ML a day passing through Swan Hill compared to 22,777.483ML a day on January 6.

According to figures released on the Muray Darling Basin Authority website, this was on par with water levels o...