It will receive $120 million for mains water pipelines from Tailem Bend to service people still reliant on lake water, including the Narrung Peninsula and areas of Meningie. Another $200 million will go toward responding to the environmental crisis in the region.

The funding is part of a historic intergovernmental agreement sig-ned at COAG.

The agreement includes arrangements for critical human-needs water.

A whole-basin plan is still to be developed by an independent authority.

But Lower Lakes and Coorong Infrastructure Committee chairman Neil Shillabeer said communities around the Lower Lakes wanted action, not another agreement for a plan.

He said the agreement was progressive but its success was in the detail.

“It’s not the plan we thought that we were going to get, (but) it’s a step in the right direction,” Mr Schillabeer said.

He said Premier Mike Rann’s reference to “re-engineering” the Lower Lakes’ water infrastructure was a concern, as it could indicate plans for construction of a weir in the future.

With details about the agreement still scarce at time of printing, The Standard will continue to follow stories from COAG in Tuesday’s edition.