The NSW Government is ramping up its war on wasted water, rolling out the second phase of the hugely successful $12.5 million Regional Leakage Reduction Program to save billions of litres of the State’s most precious resource.

Some of the State’s most talented and inspiring women from across NSW Councils have been recognised today in a ceremony at Parliament House for the 2022 Ministers’ Awards for Women in Local Government.

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has today launched the South Coast Regional Water Strategy that will pave the way for a sustainable water future for everywhere from Jervis Bay to Bega and surrounds.

The New South Wales Government has today launched the much-anticipated North Coast Regional Water Strategy that sets out a clear vision for the future of sustainable water in this iconic area.

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has suspended a planned environmental water release from Jindabyne Dam that was scheduled to take place on Thursday 1 December 2022, due to flood operations being undertaken by Snowy Hydro.

Volunteers who save boaters in distress will have a secure home for their operations after the NSW Government granted a lease of up to 20 years for Marine Rescue Newcastle to build its new $2 million base at Stockton.

The Federal Labor Government must extend the June 2024 deadline for the Murray- Darling Basin Plan following comments made yesterday by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Andrew McConville at the National Press Club.

A new environmental monitoring program is peeling back the curtain on the secret life of fish and other aquatic animals living in NSW’s coastal rivers.

An historic Police Cottage on Crown land at Emu Plains will be resurrected as a riverfront community dining venue from January with the completion of a $3.2 million upgrade.

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment is now seeking further community input on the proposal to raise Warragamba Dam wall, with the release of WaterNSW’s response to submissions and a Preferred Infrastructure Report.

More homes and a state-of-the art health facility are part of an ambitious plan to transform 5.9 hectares of under-utilised government-owned land into a new mixed- use precinct in Lidcombe, in Western Sydney.

A series of face-to-face meetings will be held in Tamworth next Wednesday and Thursday (23 and 24 Nov) to update the community about the public exhibition of the New Dungowan Dam and Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).