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MI infrastructure overhaul to boost environmental water delivery

8 July 2024

More than 2,500 ML of water is set to return to the environment from across Griffith and Leeton after the Australian Government green-lighted the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Urban Channel Pipelines proposal.

On-farm efficiency projects to recover more environmental water

1 July 2024

The NSW Government is continuing to stride forward on its Murray-Darling Basin Plan commitments by opening up applications for on-farm efficiency projects to help deliver more water back to the environment.

Temporary water restriction for Upper Lachlan groundwater extended

25 June 2021

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment today announced the extension of the temporary water restriction for the Upper Lachlan Groundwater Management Zone 1 in the Upper Lachlan Alluvial Groundwater Source.

Inter-Valley Trade with the Lower Darling is now open

13 May 2021

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has lifted the Lower- Darling inter-valley trade restriction.