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What are we working on now?

What are we working on now?

The NSW Government is currently working on the following solutions to better manage water for the environment.

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    Understanding water user behaviour in the Intersecting Streams water sources

    The water user survey in the Intersecting Streams will help the department plan for protecting environmental water.

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    Active management

    Active management rules protect environmental water from extraction in the unregulated Barwon-Darling, Gwydir and Macquarie-Bogan water sources.

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    Claydon Review

    An independent review into the department’s implementation of the resumption of flows rule, active management and individual daily extraction components in the Barwon-Darling.

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    Water recovery programs

    A summary of other water recovery programs.

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    Relaxing constraints in the Murray–Darling Basin

    By doing so this will allow water for the environment to reach the wetlands and floodplains of some of the Basin’s key environmental assets.

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    Other ways to achieve environmental outcomes

    Supply and efficiency measures allow Basin Plan outcomes to be achieved with less.

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    Prerequisite policy measures

    Prerequisite policy measures exist to maximise the benefits of water recovered for the environment.

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    The North-West Flow Plan

    Implementing the North-West Flow Plan will contribute to northern Basin connectivity outcomes.

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