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Sign up hereShovels 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.
Restoration work starts to enhance Macquarie Marshes flows
24 June 2024
The NSW Government will soon kick off work to stabilise and restore a rapidly eroding riverbed in the Macquarie Marshes to help improve environmental water delivery to a critical Ramsar-listed wetland.
Regulation streamlined for Central Coast water
21 June 2024
The NSW Government is streamlining how Central Coast Council's water and sewerage services are regulated and administered to support good governance and sound decision making.
Water delivery a win for the environment
20 June 2024
NSW is making great progress towards its Murray-Darling Basin targets with 6.29 gigalitres (GL) of water now returned to the environment to boost the health of our rivers through the $126.5 million Murrumbidgee Irrigation Automation Finalisation
Flood works remediation to deliver healthier floodplains
30 August 2022
The NSW Government is leading the charge in returning water to floodplains, wetlands, rivers and creeks by bringing unapproved flood works into compliance across the northern Basin.
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.