Communities in the Coorong and Lower Lakes are becoming more frustrated by the stalled release of long-promised funds to save the ailing waterway.

State and Federal Government buck-passing is behind their anger.

For example, there’s a federal funding pool of up to $200 million for projects to save the area but that money remains largely unspent 3½ years after it was first announced.

Canberra refuses to release any funds until the State Government first approves the projects.

Meningie Narrung Lakes Irrigators Committee chair Bill Henshall blames bureaucratic red tape.