The NSW Government has received valuable community feedback on a landmark proposal to improve access to water by landholders for bushfire preparedness and firefighting needs.

A program designed to reduce the risk and impact of flood events across towns in inland NSW has been extended thanks to a $3 million Australian Government grant.

Fish, frogs, freshwater turtles, water birds and platypus are among the diverse species found living in waterways across the Murray Darling Basin thanks to an innovative study that uses environmental DNA (eDNA) to better understand the spread of

Warren has boosted its drought resilience thanks to the completion of a four-year groundwater project that provides better access to water for firefighting and helps to safeguard the region’s drinking water.

Researchers have captured the world’s first images of endangered Manning River turtles mating in the wild as part of ramped-up monitoring work uncovering never-before-seen clues about their lives.

Today’s mostly full opening water allocations reflect the state’s continued good water availability following consecutive wet years. This is good news for licenced water users, who will see most entitlements nearing maximum allowable levels.

With the recent heavy rain across the state and additional rain expected in coming weeks, the NSW Government is continuing to prioritise the Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Scheme.

The NSW Government is taking proactive and precautionary action to help protect the Darling-Barka River as we move into cooler weather conditions.

Communities and stakeholders across NSW can bank on a sustainable groundwater future thanks to the launch of the NSW Groundwater Strategy.

The 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.

The NSW water regulator issued six fines in the Wentworth area between July and September 2021.

The 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.