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Rising river alert - Snowy river below Jindabyne dam - June
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NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe 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 Monday 29 June 2020.
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Water Regulator takes landowner, contractor to Court at Deniliquin
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentA landowner from south-western NSW has been taken to court by the state’s independent water regulator over 13 charges related to riverfront constructions on the Murray River. The contractor who did the work has also been charged.
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Operation Drawdown to target overextracting bores in Griffith area
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe state’s water regulator will be visiting properties with bores in the Griffith area in mid-June after a ‘desktop audit’ found almost 10 per cent of bores in the area may be extracting more water than allowed.
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Snowy water licence amendments open for public exhibition
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe NSW Government is encouraging the public to have their say on proposed amendments to the Snowy Water Licence with the public exhibition now open.
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Water compliance increasing: NRAR triples prosecutions as it hits its second anniversary
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentWater compliance is increasing in NSW, thanks to the actions of the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) who this week marked its second anniversary, and tripled prosecution for water theft and lack of compliance earlier this month.
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Snowy River high-flows to commence in June
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe first of four planned high-flow environmental water releases during winter and spring to the Snowy River are set to commence in late June, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Acting Director Water Planning Implementation, Allan Raine, said today.
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Temporary water restrictions for Buccaneit and Cunninyuek creeks
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment today announced temporary water restrictions for unregulated river water access licence holders authorised to extract water from parts of Buccaneit and Cunninyuek creeks within the Murray below Mulwala water source.
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Landowners from Walgett area face string of charges in Land and Environment Court
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentTwo landholders from the Walgett area will face 14 charges in the Land and Environment Court for breaches of water laws in 2016 and 2017.
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Independent assessment of management of first flush in the Northern Basin to begin
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentAn independent panel will begin an assessment of the management of the first flush event in the Northern Basin earlier this year, the result of the first significant rainfall event in the region since 2016.
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Water Regulator finds 18 Coffs Harbour horticulture operations non-compliant
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Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe state’s independent water regulator has released the results from Phase 2 of its Coffs Harbour Intensive Horticulture compliance campaign.