Landholders and Aboriginal communities along the Murrumbidgee River are being encouraged to reach out to the NSW Government’s Reconnecting River Country program and provide feedback to improve the way water for the environment is delivered.

NSW water users have two weeks left to complete the Stock and Domestic Rights survey as part of a broader review into understanding how water is extracted and managed under these rights, and whether any changes are needed.

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 Government is commencing consultation with local councils this week on the shortlisted options in the Macquarie-Castlereagh Regional Water Strategy.

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.

The Reconnecting River Country Program can now reach more stakeholders than ever before thanks to the launch of its first virtual consultation space.

Purchase water access licences across 55 different water sources within NSW.

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) is prosecuting a landholder from the western Riverina for allegedly overdrawing 2700 megalitres (ML) of water from a Water Access Licence (WAL).

The Land and Environment Court convicted and ordered a fine of $200,000 to Whitehaven Coal-owned Maules Creek Coal Pty Ltd yesterday, in a matter brought by the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR).

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has commenced a prosecution against a company and an individual based in the Southern Tablelands for alleged breaches of the Water Management Act 2000 (WM Act).

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is making new water access licences available in 47 groundwater sources across NSW.