ACCESS to the River Murray has been largely restored for locals and visitors to the region following the revocation of a emergency declaration for the recent flood. 

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens today revoked the Emergency Management Declaration surrounding the River Murray High Flow and Flood event.

Locals are still restricted from entering or remaining on an engaged levee – except as provided for an emergency response or inspection, maintenance, and repair – and mooring, anchoring, attaching or securing a vessel to an engaged levee. 

Vessels being operated on the River Murray must also stay below four knots within 250m of an engaged levee, or within 250m from the location of any dwelling or buildings that are partially or wholly submerged.

River users in the region also remain unable to: 

• Operate a human powered vessel within 250m of a lock or weir.
• Swim, bathe or dive within 250m of a lock or weir.
• Be within 50m from any point along the length of an overhead powerline, if in or on a floodplain.
• Tow a person from the vessel, including water skiing and other similar activities.

Premier Peter Malinauskas said it was a "prudent time" to lift most restrictions on river activities. 

"We always said we wanted to lift restrictions on the river as quickly as possible," Mr Malinauskas said. 

"I’d like to thank members of our River communities, and the broader South Australian public for their patience as we’ve sough to navigate this once-in-a generation natural disaster safely.

"We still have a huge recovery task ahead of us, but we are committed to working hand in hand with our resilient river communities". 

The Emergency Management Declaration had been imposed under the Emergency Management Act on November 21.