Water

People power push

A push to pause the Murray-Darling Basin Plan continues to gain momentum, with another community meeting planned this week.

Alana Christensen

15 hours ago

Water

New government needs to act fast: professor

Rivers running dry, algal blooms, more fish kills and towns running out of water will all continue to plague the next NSW government if it persists with the same inadequate policies on water management.

Country News

18 hours ago

Water

Desal plant may boost low supply

Extremely dry conditions across Victoria are hurting the state’s drinking water supplies and increasing the likelihood of a desalination order by the end of March.

Country News

16 Mar 2019

Water

Desal plant may boost low supply

Extremely dry conditions across Victoria are hurting the state’s drinking water supplies and increasing the likelihood of a desalination order by the end of March.

Country News

16 Mar 2019

Water

Drought talks on the horizon

Drought will be top of the agenda when Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud and drought envoy Barnaby Joyce visit the Goulburn Valley this month.

Country News

16 Mar 2019

Water

Waste claims disputed

Billions of dollars are being wasted in water recovery subsidies to increase irrigation efficiency across the Murray-Darling Basin, according to a study from Australian National University.

Country News

15 Mar 2019

Water

Loud calls to pause the plan

A call to pause the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is gaining momentum across the southern Riverina.

Sophie Baldwin

13 Mar 2019

Water

Helping thirsty farms

A passionate Goulburn Valley resident and long-time Kyabram dairy farmer is calling on farmers to help irrigators stressed by exorbitant water prices.

Rodney Woods

13 Mar 2019

Water

Water costs predicted

Even without rain, temporary water prices are not expected to reach the heights of the millennium drought next year, with the ‘‘worst case’’ scenario expected to see prices hit $473/Ml.

Country News

13 Mar 2019

Water

Plan unrest grows

Unrest is continuing to grow across the region, with a new northern Victoria water group demanding a fair go under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Country News

13 Mar 2019

Water

Fighting for family farms

Wade Northausen is on a mission to do things differently.

Country News

12 Mar 2019

Water

G-MW issues algae warning

People are being warned to avoid direct contact with water in a number of locations where blue-green algae has been found.

Country News

10 Mar 2019

Water

Three-day flow to reconnect waterways to Coliban River

Before the millennium drought, platypus foraging around the banks of the Coliban River downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir was a common sight.

Country News

09 Mar 2019

Water

Irrigators unhappy with plan

Irrigators have expressed disappointment in the Northern Victoria Water Resource Plan, saying despite the length of the massive 1022-page document, many issues remain unaddressed.

Alana Christensen

09 Mar 2019

Water

Water reliability needed in NSW Murray, Speak Up tells Minister

Urgent action is needed to improve water reliability in the NSW Murray region.

Country News

08 Mar 2019

Water

Group wants political help

Southern Riverina Irrigators group is calling for politicians to provide water security and support to the region.

Country News

05 Mar 2019

Water

Environmental flow to improve Serperntine Creek water quality

With a long, hot summer coming to an end, and dry conditions set to continue, the health of fish in a key local waterway is in the spotlight.

Country News

05 Mar 2019

Water

Algae warning for Eppalock

Goulburn-Murray Water is warning the public to avoid direct contact with water in Lake Eppalock after monitoring detected high levels of blue-green algae.

Country News

03 Mar 2019

Water

Focused on protection

The environmental watering outlook for the Murray-Darling Basin will focus on protecting critical habitat for native fish and waterbirds ahead of possibly warmer and drier than average conditions in 2019-20.

Country News

01 Mar 2019