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Date Title 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 5 Sep 2008 Increases In Peel Valley Water Allocations 3 Sep 2008 $147,000 for Brunswick Area Sewerage Scheme 1 Sep 2008 Further Increases for Murrumbidgee Valley High Security Users 1 Sep 2008 Tenders called for Menindee Lakes Water Savings Project Investigation 15 Aug 2008 Further Increase For Murrumbidgee High Security Users 8 Aug 2008 Door Wide Open for Private Investment in the Water Industry 6 Aug 2008 Bellinger River Water Sharing Plan Commences 4 Aug 2008 Menindee Lakes water fully allocated to meet NSW critical needs 1 Aug 2008 Blue Green Algae Alert for Copeton Dam 1 Aug 2008 New approval for State Water structures in the Namoi 1 Aug 2008 Water Allocated to NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee High Security Users 30 Jul 2008 Draft Hunter Water Sharing Plan Attracts Significant Community Attention 29 Jul 2008 Iemma Government support for visionary water plan 28 Jul 2008 Stock & Domestic Users Urged To Plan For Reduced Water Access 25 Jul 2008 Lower Darling Water Trading Rules Relaxed 22 Jul 2008 $131 Million For Groundwater and Unregulated River Metering 22 Jul 2008 Iemma Government Crackdown on Water Theft 15 Jul 2008 Darling River - Menindee Lakes Water Savings Project On Track 15 Jul 2008 No increase in NSW water allocations in the Murray, Murrumbidgee or Lower Darling River Valleys 3 Jul 2008 $1.7 Billion Flows To Nsw For Murray Darling Basin 3 Jul 2008 FLOODPLAIN HARVESTING POLICY TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR NSW RIVERS AND COMMUNITIES 2 Jul 2008 RESTRICTION ON GROUNDWATER PUMPING IN MAULES CREEK 1 Jul 2008 Carryover increased to 30 per cent in the Murrumbidgee Valley 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Allocations Announced For Murrumbidgee Valley Water Users 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Allocations Announced For NSW Murray Valley And Lower Darling Water Users 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations For Groundwater Sources In The Lower Murray Groundwater Source 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations For Groundwater Sources In The Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations for Groundwater Sources in the Great Artesian Basin 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations for Groundwater Sources in the Lower Lachlan 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations for Groundwater Sources in the Lower Macquarie 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations for Groundwater Sources in the Namoi and Gwydir Groundwater Sources 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations for Lachlan Valley 1 Jul 2008 Commencing Water Allocations for Macquarie and Cudgegong Water Users 1 Jul 2008 Full Allocation For Iron Pot And Eden Creek Irrigators 1 Jul 2008 Full allocations for Hunter and Central Coast water users 1 Jul 2008 NSW issues embargos to protect water in the Murray-Darling Basin 1 Jul 2008 NSW water allocations announced - inland areas still critical 1 Jul 2008 Namoi Valley Water Allocations Announced 1 Jul 2008 Nsw Issues Embargos To Protect Water In The Murray-Darling Basin 1 Jul 2008 Peel Valley Water Allocation Announced 1 Jul 2008 Water Allocation Announced for Belubula Water Users 1 Jul 2008 Water Allocation Reductions Announced For Brogo River Water Users 1 Jul 2008 Water Allocations Announced for the Gwydir Valley 1 Jul 2008 Water Availability in the Border Rivers 6 Jun 2008 High Algal Warning At Windamere Reservoir 30 May 2008 Reminder To Make A Submission On The Draft Tumut River Management Plan 23 May 2008 Blue Green Algae Decline at Pindari and Copeton Dams 14 May 2008 Blue Green Algae Decline At Windamere Reservoir 12 May 2008 Coopers Creek Water Sharing Plan To Be Amended 12 May 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - The Northern Rivers Are Encouraged To Have Their Say 9 May 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Grafton To Port Macquarie Are Encouraged To Have Their Say 9 May 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry -Tamworth encouraged to have its say 8 May 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Inverell encouraged to have its say 6 May 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Griffith Encouraged To Have Its Say 6 May 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Temora Encouraged To Have Its Say 29 Apr 2008 Draft Hunter Water Sharing Plan Exhibition Extended 24 Apr 2008 Public Information Session On The Draft Tumut River Management Plan 23 Apr 2008 Building Damage Caused By Tree Necessitates Removal 23 Apr 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Albury Encouraged To Have Its Say 23 Apr 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Wagga Encouraged To Have Its Say 21 Apr 2008 Algal Counts Down At Hume Dam 21 Apr 2008 Comment On The Draft Tumut River Management Plan 18 Apr 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Public Hearing To Be Held At Inverell 18 Apr 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Cooma Encouraged To Have Its Say 18 Apr 2008 Local Water Utilities Inquiry - Forbes Encouraged To Have Its Say 17 Apr 2008 Blue Green Algae Decline at Lake Cargelligo 16 Apr 2008 Minister Officially Opens $56 Million Sewerage Scheme 16 Apr 2008 NSW Leading Australia In Water Competition 16 Apr 2008 New Commercial Groundwater Licences Banned To Help Protect River Health 16 Apr 2008 New Online Tool Enables Quick Start To Water Trading 11 Apr 2008 Denman Water Treatment Plant - Official Opening 11 Apr 2008 Denman Water Treatment Plant - Official Opening 10 Apr 2008 Blue Green Algae Alerts Removed At Menindee 9 Apr 2008 Red Alert Hume Dam 8 Apr 2008 Last chance for tidal pools water users to register 1 Apr 2008 No Change In Southern Basin Water Availabilty 1 Apr 2008 Public invited to information sessions on draft Hunter water sharing plan 28 Mar 2008 Red Algal Alert at Chaffey Dam 25 Mar 2008 Stock Water Alert Wakool River At Kyalite. 25 Mar 2008 Water Utilities Inquiry - Public Hearing Dates Announced 19 Mar 2008 Blue Green Algae In Lower Darling River 18 Mar 2008 Fresh Water For Drought Effected Billabong Creek 17 Mar 2008 Draft Hunter water sharing plan on exhibition 17 Mar 2008 No Change To Allocations In The NSW Southern Basin 14 Mar 2008 Potential Blue Green Algae At Menindee 11 Mar 2008 Algal Bloom: Lake Illawarra 10 Mar 2008 More time for submissions to Country Water Utilities Inquiry 9 Mar 2008 Bellingen Water Sharing Plan Submissions Close Soon 7 Mar 2008 Blue-green algae information session for Paterson River users 6 Mar 2008 Suspected Algal Bloom: Lake Illawarra 4 Mar 2008 Wakool System Replenishment Flows Complete 3 Mar 2008 Good Water Management Brings High Security Allocation For NSW Murray Valley 29 Feb 2008 Blue Green Algae Alert for Copeton Dam 22 Feb 2008 Algae Levels Decline in Lake Burrendong 22 Feb 2008 Blue Green Algae Red Alert For Hay Weir Pool 22 Feb 2008 Irrigators' Survey Helps Monitor Economic And Social Changes 22 Feb 2008 Red Alert for Namoi River at Walgett 20 Feb 2008 Red Alert For Lake Wyangan 19 Feb 2008 Water Allocation Increase for Macquarie Valley 15 Feb 2008 Red Alert for Lake Cargelligo 8 Feb 2008 Rain Delivers Upper Namoi Allocation 6 Feb 2008 New Rules for Works on Waterfront Land 4 Feb 2008 Darling River Floods Improve Irrigation Supply in the Murray Valley 4 Feb 2008 Draft Bellinger River Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources Water Sharing Plan on exhibition 4 Feb 2008 Improved Water Alloctions for the Macquarie 1 Feb 2008 Lower Lachlan Groundwater Sharing Plan Begins 24 Jan 2008 Blue-Green Algal Alert Warning Lifted For Paterson River - Downstream Of Lostock Dam 24 Jan 2008 Take Care With First Water 23 Jan 2008 Criminal Conviction For Unauthorised Works On Yass River 21 Jan 2008 Further Increases To Hunter Water Allocations 11 Jan 2008 Algal Alert Bulletin 11 Jan 2008 Blue-Green Algal Alert For Paterson River - Downsteram Of Lostock Dam 10 Jan 2008 Restrictions On Barwon-Darling Water Users Lifted 9 Jan 2008 More Water For Peel Valley Water Users 7 Jan 2008 Water Releases From Menindee Lakes To Re-Start Today 24 Dec 2007 Far West Algal Alert 24 Dec 2007 More Water Available In The Lachlan Valley 21 Dec 2007 More Water Available For Belubula River Licence Holders 21 Dec 2007 North Coast Irrigators To Get More Water 21 Dec 2007 The Macquarie Valley To Benefit From More Water 20 Dec 2007 Restriction On Groundwater In Maules Creek 19 Dec 2007 Red Alert for the Darling River at Menindee 17 Dec 2007 Submissions on Draft Lower North Coast water sharing plan closing 14 Dec 2007 Algal Warning Darling River at Culpaulin 14 Dec 2007 Barwon Region Weekly Algal Report 13 Dec 2007 Licences needed for new bores 10 Dec 2007 Blue Mountains Groundwater Restrictions Remain In Place 7 Dec 2007 More Water Available In The Peel Valley 3 Dec 2007 High Algal Warning At Windamere Reservoir 3 Dec 2007 Increase To High Security Users In The Murrumbidgee Valley 3 Dec 2007 Small Improvement For Murray Valley Irrigators 30 Nov 2007 Red Alert on the Darling River at Weir 32 23 Nov 2007 Barwon Region Weekly Algal Report 23 Nov 2007 Extension Of Public Exhibition Period Of Draft Lower North Coast Water Sharing Plan 21 Nov 2007 Darling River at Tilpa and Trevallyn Algal Warning 20 Nov 2007 Water To Flow Into Wakool River And Merran Creek 15 Nov 2007 Increase To Hunter Water Allocations 14 Nov 2007 Blue-Green Algal Alert For Fishery Creek 9 Nov 2007 Barwon Region Weekly Algal Report 8 Nov 2007 Metropolitan and South Coast Algal Alert 2 Nov 2007 Barwon Region Weekly Algal Report 1 Nov 2007 Algal Alert 26 Oct 2007 Barwon Region Weekly Algal Report 26 Oct 2007 New Online Education Tool To Help Save Water 24 Oct 2007 Chance to have your say on Draft Lower North Coast Water Sharing Plan 19 Oct 2007 Barwon Region Weekly Algal Report 15 Oct 2007 Great Artesian Basin Draft Water Sharing Plan On Exhibition
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