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Metering deadline looms for Southern Inland

30 May 2023

Southern Inland water users have less than a week left to start installing compliant non-urban metering equipment to improve the way water is measured and monitored across the state.

Rising River Alert – Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam – 11 May 2023

11 May 2023

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment today issued a rising river alert for the Snowy River downstream of Jindabyne Dam in southern NSW for Thursday 18 May 2023.

Upper Murrumbidgee environmental high flows to commence in July

5 May 2023

The first of the three high-flow releases will begin on 10 July, followed by one in August and the final release in September 2023 although the plan may change subject to climatic, operational and environmental conditions.

Snowy River high-flows to commence in mid May

18 April 2023

The first of eight planned high-flow environmental water releases to the Snowy River will commence on 18 May and will be rolled out until early November 2023.

Improving Warrumbungle water and sewerage operations

14 February 2023

Water and sewerage operations across the Warrumbungle Shire have been streamlined thanks to a million-dollar upgrade of the telemetry network.

Planned Snowy environmental flow reduced

5 December 2022

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has reduced the volume of a planned environmental water release from Jindabyne Dam that was scheduled to take place on Friday 9 December 2022, from 3,705 megalitres per day to 1,995 megalitres per day.

Rising river alert - Snowy river below Jindabyne dam - November

7 November 2019

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment today issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for Thursday 14 November 2019.

Rising river alert - Snowy river below Jindabyne dam - October

23 October 2019

The NSW Department of Industry today issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for Wednesday 30 October 2019.

Government helping farmers meet new metering rules

4 October 2019

We are adjusting the start dates for metering rules to ensure farmers can meet strict new metering obligations being rolled out in the Northern Basin.

Rising River Alert - Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam

26 August 2019

The department issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for Tuesday 3 September 2019.

Rising river alert - Snowy river below Jindabyne dam - July 2019

18 July 2019

The department issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for Thursday 25 July 2019.

The Water Metering Guidance Tool is live

28 June 2019

The NSW Department of Industry has released an interactive online tool to help water users understand their responsibilities under the NSW non-urban water metering framework.