Today’s mostly full opening water allocations reflect the state’s continued good water availability following consecutive wet years. This is good news for licenced water users, who will see most entitlements nearing maximum allowable levels.

Native fish in the MacIntyre River will soon be swimming further downstream and upstream thanks to work now underway to remove a concrete structure that is blocking fish migration, helping to reinstate waterways that allow fish to flourish.

The NSW Government will soon kick off work to stabilise and restore a rapidly eroding riverbed in the Macquarie Marshes to help improve environmental water delivery to a critical Ramsar-listed wetland.

The Regulation that supports Hunter Water to provide critical water and wastewater services to more than 630,000 people across the region is up for renewal, and now is the time to have your say.