Water is everywhere in the massive Murray Darling Basin and the flush coincides with a new inspector-general to monitor environmental recovery and water theft
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The Murray-Darling Basinâs biggest dam project needs 80 per cent of its costs to be subsidised by governments given its âsmall net benefitsâ and large cost, a leaked NSW cabinet document reveals.
The 2019 Coalition election commitment to raise Wyangala Damâs wall 10 metres was âa significant projectâ but one that would do little to improve water security in the Lachlan Valley, the Department of Industryâs assessment for the returned government states.
Wyangala Dam in central NSW is currently about 60 per cent full. The federal and NSW governments want to increase the damâs capacity to boost water security in the Lachlan Valley, although a cabinet document suggests the gains will not be significant despite the hefty price tag.
Battle over Wyangala Dam and its downstream impacts is just beginning
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On a summer’s evening, as the setting sun paints a flock of straw-necked ibises a glowing pink as they wing their way over Lake Cowal, it’s not hard to imagine Mal Carnegie has landed a dream job.
As manager of a conservation centre monitoring NSW’s largest inland natural freshwater lake, the 56-year old gets to introduce visitors to one of Australia’s greatest “boom-bust” wildlife systems that has thrilled him all his life.
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First Nations’ knowledge supercharges environment’s response to flows
The traditional water knowledge of our First Nation Peoples is helping to supercharge the long-term benefits of environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin, while helping First Nations connect more with Country.
Water for the environment is water that has been purchased by governments to be used to improve the health of our rivers, wetlands and floodplains.
Director of Aboriginal Partnerships at the MDBA, Mark Foreman said the positive impact of the collaborations on both the environment and First Nations communities were to be celebrated while recognising there was always room for improvement.