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Planned Snowy environmental flows superseded by flood mitigation releases

24 November 2022

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has suspended a planned environmental water release from Jindabyne Dam that was scheduled to take place on Thursday 1 December 2022, due to flood operations being undertaken by Snowy Hydro.

Drought relief: NSW Government confirms funding guidelines for $1 Billion Safe & Secure Water Program

19 December 2018

The NSW Government has today released the funding guidelines for its flagship $1 billion Safe & Secure Water Program (SSWP), confirming that during the transition applicants may submit eligible detailed applications under the former guidelines until

Consultation underway on criteria to protect basin communities

30 October 2018

New South Wales (NSW), Victoria, South Australia and Commonwealth government departments have been working together to determine how efficiency measure projects will be rolled out under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Minister Blair's response to Matthews' interim report

11 September 2017

Ken Matthews’ interim report into water administration and compliance in NSW has been received by the NSW Government. Minister for Regional Water, Niall Blair, thanked Mr Matthews and his team for undertaking such a thorough and comprehensive

Update on Matthews' review of water issues in NSW

30 August 2017

Mr Matthews has completed information gathering for the interim report, and the drafting of this is close to completion.