IRRIGATORS along the River Murray in South Australia will get more water with the state government lifting allocations from 21 to 24 per cent of normal entitlements.
River Murray Minister Paul Caica said the increase was made possible because of increased water availability in the Murray system.
"The increase to 24 per cent is based on South Australia receiving a minimum of 1461 gigalitres during the 2010-11 water year under a worst case scenario, he said.
"This allocation is considerably higher than at the same time last year, when irrigation allocations were kept at the opening entitlement of 2 per cent."
Irrigators will have access to the improved allocation from today and the government will continue to review allocations each month.
