The Macquarie-Castlereagh Regional Water Strategy has been finalised, giving towns from Oberon, Bathurst and Orange in the east, to Dubbo, Narromine, Warren and Nyngan in the west, a clear pathway to a sustainable water future.

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment today extended the temporary restriction on interstate water trades into the NSW Murray, Lower Darling and Murrumbidgee regulated river water sources to 30 September 2023, unless repealed earlier.

The NSW Government is calling for photos, drone footage and historical data from last year’s record flooding and previous years to underpin vital floodplain management plans being updated in the Murray, Murrumbidgee, Billabong Creek and Lachlan

NSW has made significant progress towards its obligations under the Murray Darling Basin Plan, having  now lodged its final water resource plans to the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA).

The NSW Government is rolling out site visits across the Gwydir and Barwon-Darling valleys to start bringing unapproved flood works into compliance and return water to floodplains, wetlands, rivers and creeks.

The state’s swollen floodplains are alive with aquatic critters and new research is shining a spotlight on what kinds of fish, frogs, and other creatures call them home.

NSW Deputy Secretary Water announced the draft Water Resource Plan for NSW Murray Darling Basin Fractured Rock areas is on public exhibition.

NSW Deputy Secretary Water announced the draft Water Resource Plan for NSW Murray Darling Basin Porous Rock groundwater areas is on public exhibition.

NSW Deputy Secretary Water announced the draft Water Resource Plan for NSW Intersecting Streams surface water areas has been placed on public exhibition.

NSW Deputy Secretary Water announced the draft Water Resource Plan for NSW Border Rivers Alluvium groundwater areas is on public exhibition.

NSW Deputy Secretary Water announced the draft Water Resource Plan for the Darling Alluvium groundwater areas is on public exhibition for community feedback.

NSW Deputy Secretary Water announced the draft Water Resource Plan for Great Artesian Basin (GAB) Shallow Alluvial groundwater areas is on public exhibition.