News
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Hypoxic blackwater in western and southern NSW
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Departmental media releaseThe Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) is warning hypoxic blackwater conditions are occurring along the Barwon-Darling River, which have impacted fish, causing some recent deaths.
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Rising river alert – Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam
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Departmental media releaseThe NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment today issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for a series of increased flow events between 19 and 29 December 2021.
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Action plan brings water jobs to our regions
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Ministerial media releaseThe NSW Government is investing $1.175 million for 200 new trainee places each year in NSW under a new plan to tackle the critical skills shortage in the water operations sector.
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Rising river alert – Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam
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Departmental media releaseThe NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment today issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for a series of increased flow events between 19 and 29 December 2021.
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Improving floodplain connections program
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Ministerial media releaseThe NSW Government will soon begin work on its improving floodplain connections program, targeting high priority unapproved flood works across the northern Basin.
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Review backs first use of new rules protecting Barwon-Darling environmental flows
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Ministerial media releaseAn independent review has backed the NSW Government’s implementation of 3 new rules which protected an estimated 46 gigalitres of critical flows into the Barwon-Darling River earlier this year.
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NRAR’s latest quarterly report highlights breaches in south-western border
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Departmental media releaseThe NSW water regulator issued six fines in the Wentworth area between July and September 2021.
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NRAR enforcement actions increase in July quarter despite statewide lockdown
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Departmental media releaseThe Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) took more enforcement actions between July and September than any other quarter in the previous 12 months, even though NSW was in lockdown.
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Growing jobs for Indigenous Australians in water metering
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Departmental media releaseUp to 16 Aboriginal people will be supported to undertake a paid two-year traineeship generating a skilled workforce to support accurate water metering in rural and remote New South Wales.
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Jobs, economic boost for Wilcannia Weir roadworks
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Ministerial media releaseLocal jobs have been created in Wilcannia as the first stage of construction on Union Bend Road starts, paving the way for the town’s much anticipated new weir.