Healthy Rivers Dubbo has launched a community powered campaign featuring television, radio and newspaper advertisements
The proposed Gin Gin dam plans were slammed last year by the NSW Government as they “do not currently demonstrate value for money and an efficient, effective and prudent use of public funds.” The proposal does not stack up economically,…
Last year in an assessment of the project plans for the Gin Gin dam (Macquarie River re-regulating storage project) the Deputy Secretary of DPIE Water Jim Bentley said the project plans had significant deficiencies, and did not meet the requirements…
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Sunday 18 April 2021 SUBMISSION Floodplain harvesting licence rules in the water sharing plans for the Macquarie Valley Introduction Healthy Rivers Dubbo (HRD) is a grass roots community network dedicated to providing a strong voice for our local rivers, aquifers…
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Media Release Playing favourites on the floodplains Floodplain harvesters’ use levee banks to divert water that either falls as rain or breaks out of the river bank during floods into private dams. It has been an unmeasured form of free…
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Floodplain harvesting is a form of water take that diverts water that either falls as rain or breaks out of the river bank during floods. The water is diverted into private dams using levee banks. It has been an unmeasured…
Read More Floodplain harvesting to continue to devastate the Macquarie Valley
The NSW Government have come up with a new volume for the ‘Cap’ in the Macquarie-Wambuul Valley – and conveniently it will allow floodplain harvesting to continue at current levels. The ‘Cap’ is supposed to be the volume of water…
Read More The miraculous Cap setting illusion – Floodplain harvesting limits in NSW
