Updated modelling shows predicted River Murray flows of at least 175 gigalitres per day are expected by December, up from the previous forecast of 165 gigalitres per day.
is now estimated at 3,200 customers at 165 gigalitres per day and 4,000 customers at 200 gigalitres per day.
"But I do point out these connections will take weeks to be turned back on so there will be some significant disadvantage for people."Mr Malinauskas said the government would announce an "initial Riverland support package" next Tuesday. Kylie Rocco, who owns a waterski and sports shop in Mannum, said her business was "loaded up for a big summer", and the floodwaters would hit her business hard."It's a bit overwhelming after COVID — we finally have stock delivered on time and we may have to, or we will have to, remove it all from the shop so it doesn't get damaged.
Fellow Mannum shop owner Trudy Fisher said she was in a similar situation of "not knowing how high the water's going to come".
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