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Date Title
15 Sep 2009 Increase In Water Allocation For Brogo River Water Users
15 Sep 2009 Increases for water users in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lower Darling Valleys
11 Sep 2009 Operations for the Wakool River System - 2009 / 2010
8 Sep 2009 Restriction On Groundwater Pumping In Maules Creek Alluvium Upstream Of Elfin Crossing
4 Sep 2009 Critical Water Planning For The Lachlan Valley
3 Sep 2009 Blue Green Algae High Alert at Chaffey Dam
1 Sep 2009 Recent Rainfall Improves High Security Allocation for Murray and Murrumbidgee Water Users
21 Aug 2009 Murrumbidgee Annual Water Trade Embargo Relaxed
17 Aug 2009 Improvement for Murrumbidgee High Security Irrigators but Murray Allocations Remain Unchanged
3 Aug 2009 Small Increase for Southern Basin Irrigators
28 Jul 2009 Red Alert For Blue-Green Algae At Lake Cargelligo
9 Jul 2009 Environmental Flow Patterns for Snowy River Set for New Water Year
1 Jul 2009 2009-2010 NSW Water Trade Rules for the Southern Rivers
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Allocations Announced For Murrumbidgee Valley Water Users
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Allocations Announced For Nsw Murray Valley And Lower Darling Water Users
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Belubula River
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Great Artesian Basin
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Lachlan Valley
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Lower Murray Groundwater Sources
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Nsw Border Rivers
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Gwydir Valley
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Lower Gwydir Groundwater Source
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Lower Lachlan Groundwater Source
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Lower Macquarie Groundwater Sources
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Macquarie-Cudgegong Valley
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Namoi Valley
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Peel Valley
1 Jul 2009 Commencing Water Allocations For The Upper And Lower Namoi Groundwater Source
1 Jul 2009 Full Allocation For Iron Pot And Eden Creek Irrigators
1 Jul 2009 Full Allocations For Hunter And Central Coast Water Users
1 Jul 2009 Higher Town Water Restrictions Requested For Southern Valleys
1 Jul 2009 Red Algal Alert at Burrendong and Windamere Dams
1 Jul 2009 Water Allocation Reductions Announced For Brogo River Water Users
3 Jun 2009 Details of Water Embargo Plan Released
19 May 2009 Failure To Remove Illegal Dam Costs Portland Property Owner $8,800
14 May 2009 Murray red alert bloom over
9 May 2009 Further Downgrading of Red Alerts in the Murray and Edward Rivers
7 May 2009 Blue Green Algae Levels Decline At Lake Cargelligo, Curlew Waters, Lake Forbes, Wyangala Dam, Booligal and Burrendong Dam
6 May 2009 Edward River Weir Pool Draw Down To Begin
4 May 2009 Red alerts lifted for parts of the Murray River
1 May 2009 Southern Basin water allocations remain unchanged
23 Apr 2009 Illegal dredging costs Hunter Valley operator $19,000
22 Apr 2009 Water Licence Charges
17 Apr 2009 Confirmed Blue Green Algae At Euston
17 Apr 2009 Update On The Blue-Green Algae Levels In The Murray River
15 Apr 2009 Water resource situation for NSW remains critical in the Southern Murray Darling Basin
9 Apr 2009 Murray Algal Bloom Alert Spreads to Edward River
6 Apr 2009 Blue Mountains' Groundwater Restrictions to Continue
6 Apr 2009 Murray Algal bloom spreads
3 Apr 2009 Blue Green Algae Decline At Copeton Dam
2 Apr 2009 Blue Green Algae Alert at Pejar Dam
2 Apr 2009 Mid Murray River Still On Red Alert
26 Mar 2009 Blue Green Algae Levels Decline At Chaffey And Split Rock Dams
26 Mar 2009 Red Alert from Hume to Torrumbarry
18 Mar 2009 Blue Green Algae Levels Decline At Pindari Dam
17 Mar 2009 Water Allocation Increase For Macquarie-Cudgegong
16 Mar 2009 Blue-Green Algae Levels Rise in Hume Dam
16 Mar 2009 Southern Basin allocations remain unchanged
11 Mar 2009 NSW Water Meter Tampering Conviction a First
10 Mar 2009 NSW Government Cuts Red Tape To Help Local Water Utilities Plan For The Future
9 Mar 2009 Compliance Operation Targets Groundwater Use In Southern Valleys
9 Mar 2009 NSW Government Bans New Hawkesbury Groundwater Licences
6 Mar 2009 Blue Green Algae Decline At Keepit Dam
6 Mar 2009 Blue Green Algae High Alert at Lake Forbes
6 Mar 2009 Wakool River Stock and Domestic Flow to Recommence
5 Mar 2009 Red Alert for Blue-Green Algae in Hume Dam
4 Mar 2009 Is Your Household Bore or Spearpoint Licensed?
3 Mar 2009 Confirmed Blue Green Algae in the Lower Darling River
2 Mar 2009 No change to Southern Murray-Darling Basin water allocations
27 Feb 2009 Blue Green Algae High Alert At Chaffey Dam
25 Feb 2009 Potential Blue Green Algae in the Lower Darling River
20 Feb 2009 Blue Green Algae High Alert at Split Rock Dam
19 Feb 2009 Red Alert for Blue-Green Algae in Maude and Booligal
16 Feb 2009 No change to Southern Murray-Darling Basin water allocations
13 Feb 2009 Blue Green Algae High Alert At Keepit And Copeton Dams
11 Feb 2009 Red Alert for Blue-Green Algae at Hay
6 Feb 2009 Red Alert For Blue-Green Algae At Lake Cargelligo, Burrendong And Windamere Dams
6 Feb 2009 Stock And Domestic Water Releases Postponed
5 Feb 2009 Red Algal Alert At Wyangala Dam
2 Feb 2009 Changes To Wakool Stock And Domestic Water Release
30 Jan 2009 Red Alert For Blue Green Algae At Yanco
29 Jan 2009 Fluctuation In Colligen Creek Levels
22 Jan 2009 Salt Interception Scheme provides fresh water for Murray landholders
16 Jan 2009 Upper Murray Water Users Reminded Of Pumping Restrictions
15 Jan 2009 Landholders urged to check their License Conditions
15 Jan 2009 Southern Basin Water Allocations Increase
12 Jan 2009 Blue-Green Algal Alert Warning Lifted for Paterson River - Downstream of Lostock Dam
17 Dec 2008 Blue-green algal alert for Lake Ainsworth
16 Dec 2008 Blue-Green Algal Alert For Paterson River - Downsteram Of Lostock Dam
15 Dec 2008 Southern Basin water allocations increase
11 Dec 2008 High Algal Warning at Windamere Reservoir
5 Dec 2008 More Water For Macquarie-Cudgegong Irrigators
4 Dec 2008 Replenishment Flow for Bullatale Creek
2 Dec 2008 Algae Levels drop at Cobram Barooga
1 Dec 2008 Patchy rainfall brings some relief to Southern Basin water users
27 Nov 2008 Red Alert in the Murray River at Cobram Barooga
20 Nov 2008 DWE Welcomes Innovative Albury Water Management Project
20 Nov 2008 Public Info Sessions On Draft Central Coast Water Sharing Plan
17 Nov 2008 Murray And Murrumbidgee Environmental Planning Project A Winner
14 Nov 2008 Blue Green Algae Decline at Chaffey Dam Although High Alert at Copeton and Pindari Dams
3 Nov 2008 More Water For Peel Valley Users
3 Nov 2008 Small increase for water users in the Lower Darling,but Southern Basin remains dry
3 Nov 2008 Water Allocations For The Lachlan Valley Increased
3 Nov 2008 Water Allocations For The Macquarie-Cudgegong General Security Users
24 Oct 2008 Murrumbidgee Corporation Fined $94,000 for Illegal River Works
23 Oct 2008 Community Encouraged to Report Water Theft
23 Oct 2008 Murray Water Compliance on Track
22 Oct 2008 Community Encouraged To Report Water Theft
22 Oct 2008 Community Encouraged To Report Water Theft
21 Oct 2008 Wakool, Merran and Colligen-Neimur Irrigation Restriction Remain
15 Oct 2008 Water Allocations Increase in Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys
8 Oct 2008 Premier Rees announces one stop shop for the Hawkesbury-Nepean River
7 Oct 2008 Algal Blooms: Woolloomooloo and Seaforth
1 Oct 2008 September Rain Brings Increases For Nsw Southern Valley Water Users
30 Sep 2008 Government Audit Ensuring Water Diversions Don't Damage the Macquarie Marshes
26 Sep 2008 Blue-Green Algae High Alert At Chaffey And Pindari Dams
26 Sep 2008 Nsw Leads the Way in Implementing the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement
25 Sep 2008 NSW Government Provides An Additional $4.5 Million For North Coast Sewerage Upgrade
24 Sep 2008 Algal Bloom: Birkenhead Point
24 Sep 2008 NSW acts to implement Murray-Darling Basin Agreement and improve water management legislation
22 Sep 2008 $9.1 million for Tamworth Sewerage and Recycling Project
22 Sep 2008 NSW Government Funds Kyogle Sewerage Scheme
22 Sep 2008 Releasing Water to the Lower Lakes Could Jeopardise NSW Supplies
15 Sep 2008 Murray and Murrumbidgee High Security Water Allocations Increase
 
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