Work is about to get underway to overhaul the Hood and Martin Street sewage pump stations in Wilcannia to protect the beautiful Darling Baaka River as part of the landmark Wilcannia Weir Replacement Project.

Residents across the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan valleys are encouraged to have their say on two major infrastructure proposals that could return up to 750 megalitres of water back to the environment through the Australian Government’s $1.54 billion

Minister for Water Rose Jackson is on ground in Menindee today to announce the NSW Government’s next steps to implement the recommendations made in the Chief Scientist’s report into mass fish deaths on the Darling-Baaka River.