Whilst the rain is falling all around town today, DNS casts it’s mind back to February 26 this year when a Red Alert was declared for the Edward River.

That’s right, the Red Alert was issued just over two months ago and it shows no sign of going away as the Blue-Green Algae continues to hang around.

The warning status as of yesterday is officially the following from the Department of Primary Industries and NSW Office of Water;

A red alert warning is currently in place for the Murray River from and including Hume Dam to Lock 9 weir pool, as well as the Edward and Wakool river systems.

These red alert level warnings indicated that people should not undertake recreational activities where they may be coming into direct contact with the water such as swimming, as well as domestic uses including showering and washing. Contact with the water may also pose a threat to livestock and pets.

Livestock owners are advised to continue to check stock water supplies for blue-green algae and to remove stock from foreshores where surface scum is visible or blue-green algae are suspected.

It is not possible to predict how long the algae will remain at high levels. Regular monitoring will continue and the alert will be lifted as soon as the high levels of algae dissipate.

Frustration must surely be building up for many residents whose livelihoods depends on the river being in top shape as this situation continues to drag on putting a clamp on river activities and more.
Some are still wondering if the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is the cause of the Algae that has affected many rivers in Southern NSW as well as a couple further up the state.

A recent call by a Far west NSW MP asking Queensland to give back water for the Murray-Darling system could be the start of something that makes sure the Rivers are properly flowing and lowering the chances of Blue-Green Algae popping up everywhere?

What does flow got to do with Algae? When typing in ‘What causes Blue-Green Algae’ on Google, the following lines is part of the answer;

“Waters that flow slowly with low turbulence – such as impounded rivers, dams, or water storages – are at particularly high risk of algal blooms‘

The Department of the Environment has a page on what it is and this is part of what they say;

Blue-green algae can reproduce quickly in favourable conditions where there is still or slow-flowing water, abundant sunlight and sufficient levels of nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. In still conditions, surface water may form a separate warm top layer (‘stratification’) in which blue-green algae is able to access sunlight and nutrients. If these combined factors are present for several days, algae multiply and form large ‘blooms’. The process of excess nutrients causing rapid growth of aquatic plant and bacterial life in a water body is known as ‘eutrophication’.

Food for thought as this situation goes on and on.

After a long wait, a decent amount of rain is expected to fall on Deniliquin over the next two to three days.

With this rain expected to change some residents plans, DNS has come up with a music video playlist whilst the rain falls.

Each of the songs at the bottom of this piece contain the word rain in the title and there’s a couple of classics with rain in the title including ‘Singing In The Rain’ which is probably what a couple of kids will be doing during the day.

So enjoy some of the songs below and rejoice as the music needed rain falls everywhere it is needed the most, the good news is that it will continue to rain for some time and as that rain comes tanks will be filling, soil will get a soaking and grass will be regrowing.

November Rain – Guns n Roses
Purple Rain – Prince
No Rain – Blind Melon
Blame It On The Rain – Milli Vanilli
Rain – Dragon
Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Singing in the Rain – Simple Plan
Who’ll Stop The Rain – CCR
Have You Ever Seen The Rain – CCR
Laughter in the Rain – Neil Sedaka
Rain – Mika
Summer Rain – Belinda Carlisle
I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations
I Wish It Would Rain Down – Phil Collins
The Rain, The Park and Other Things – Young Talent Team (1971/2)
Singing in the Rain – Gene Kelly

Fans of the work that comes out of Haig Studios will be pleased to know that even more pictures have been released in the past couple of days.

The new shots feature a 1968 HK Holden Ute and the pictures have turned out quite nicely and hopefully the quality and positive feedback from viewers will inspire more photographs to be taken in the future.

In some good news for the Studio, the amount of Facebook likes for their page have gone up by around 50 likes compared to two weeks ago, the total currently sits on 1,075 and may soon reach into the 1100’s before too long.

DNS will keep readers updated on the latest pictures and more as news comes to hand.

A Pie is a well loved dinner and/or treat option to people around the world, People love their Four n Twenty Pies, their Apple Pies, Pies of any kind (as seen in Supernatural and Pawn Stars) and that includes Pecan Pie (Seen in Star Trek: Enterprise) and now Deniliquin Stadium has been partnering up with Deniliquin Bakery to have a Pie Drive.

So far there have been many expressions of interest and the Pie Drive is in it’s final days (Ends April 29) but there is still time to order yourself a Pie, simply visit the Deniliquin Stadium Facebook Page and inbox them asking for an order form and make sure to ask when what time of day or night it’s fine to take the order form and money in to them.

$2.50 of every Pie goes to the Stadium which is excuse the pun a nice slice of the Pie, the money raised will go toward getting new Basketball Backboards and Hoops which would be well received by those who play Basketball at the Stadium.

Deniliquin Stadium has a well updated page and we hope that those who are seeking information on the Pie Drive will also choose to like and regularly visit the page for all their sport information.

So if you love your Basketball, Order a Pie
If you love the Stadium, Order a Pie
If you love Deniliquin Bakery, Order a Pie
Lastly if you just love Pies, Order a Pie