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Healthy floodplains project

About the Floodplain Harvesting Project


Reforming floodplain water management in the NSW northern Basin to ensure a fair share for all users and the environment...

Main street of Narrabri, New South Wales.

Community engagement


Working with our stakeholders: Traditional Owners, landholders and environmental groups.

Water Sharing Plans


Setting out the rules for how flood water is allocated to users and the protection of the environment.

Floodplain Harvesting Policy


Licencing and measuring floodplain harvesting in the NSW northern Basin and returning this take to legal limits.

Federation farm, New South Wales.

Floodplain Management Plans


Planning works on floodplains to minimise risks and changes to flood flow-paths and to support flood-dependent ecosystem...

Federation Farm in Narrabri, New South Wales. Image courtesy of SMK Consultants.

Floodplain Harvesting Measurement


Setting the requirements for how licence holders will measure floodplain harvesting water take.

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