Water is flowing over the dam/regulator on the Currency Creek, the only problem is that it is flowing upstream!
![Array](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3979304459_db7339af9e_m.jpg "Water flowing over the regulator and up the Currency Creek. This intervention was designed to pool acidic water above the construction but the water being pumped into the "Goolwa Lakes" and the water flowing down the Finniss River are backing up the Currency Creek. Water levels are higher on the downstream side. The water is alkaline on both sides of the regulator.")
This regulator was designed to hold back the “first flush” of water flowing down the creek in order that the water, which was predicted by the SA Government to be highly acidic, could be pooled and allowed to bioremediate before entering the Goolwa Channel. But the regulator was not completed in time to catch the first flush. Contrary to the predictions, the Goolwa Channel was not over whelmed by acid water.
![Array](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3979305467_7009d6ec82_m.jpg "Water flowing over the regulator and up the Currency Creek. This intervention was designed to pool acidic water above the construction but the water being pumped into the "Goolwa Lakes" and the water flowing down the Finniss River are backing up the Currency Creek. Water levels are higher on the downstream side. The water is alkaline on both sides of the regulator.")
The water is higher on the downstream side. It is backing up, fed by the lake water being pumped over the Clayton Bay regulator and rain water coming down the Finniss River.
![Array](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3979306295_a5e0d4f352_m.jpg "This used to be the "pier to nowhere" but the rains have raised the water level.")
This pier was completely out of the water but rains have raised the levels above the regulator.
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