Media enquiries
For all water related media enquiries please email watermedia@dpie.nsw.gov.au
Subscribe to updates
To stay updated on water management matters, water projects and plans, visit our subscription centre and select the topics that matter to you most.
Sign up hereOn-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.
Shovels in the ground for fish passage early works
27 June 2024
Native fish in the MacIntyre River will soon be swimming further downstream and upstream thanks to work now underway to remove a concrete structure that is blocking fish migration, helping to reinstate waterways that allow fish to flourish.
Water security boost in the pipeline for Hunter
12 December 2022
The Lostock to Glennies pipeline is making great progress after the contract was awarded to develop the concept design and engineering for the project as part of the Final Business Case.
One week left for the new Dungowan Dam EIS
30 November 2022
Tamworth and the Peel Valley have one more week to have their say on the New Dungowan Dam and Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement.
New water treatment plant for Wyangala
18 May 2022
Work has begun on a new $5.1 million Wyangala Water Treatment Plant which will deliver up to 800,000 litres of clean drinking water every day to village residents and the popular holiday park.
Snowy River high-flows to commence in late May
2 May 2022
The first of nine planned high-flow environmental water releases to the Snowy River will begin on Tuesday 31 May 2022.
Managing the risk of a significant hypoxic blackwater event at Menindee Lakes
7 February 2022
High floodwaters that are low in dissolved oxygen levels are continuing to move downstream from the Barwon-Darling River to the Menindee Lakes increasing the risk of fish deaths.
Snowy River high-flows to commence in June
28 April 2020
The 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