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.