Weatherzone, By: ABC, 05/08/2013

Murrumbidgee Irrigation has finally agreed to let Griffith City Council and the SES use the East Mirrool Regulator to ease future flooding. Yenda residents blame a metre of soil at the site for exacerbating floods in March 2012 and some residents are yet to return to their homes.

Chief executive Raveen Jaduram says the abandoned structure will be be fully decommissioned at the end of the irrigation season. Mr Jaduram says the site could be made operational if Griffith City Council requests it for flood management as it works on its flood study.

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