2020

The previously issued Red Alert level warning (high alert) for toxic blue-green algae has been cleared for the Chaffey Dam storage located 30km South-East of Tamworth. Monitoring by WaterNSW shows that algae numbers have decreased.

The Red Alert for Angourie Blue Pool near Yamba has now been lifted.

A Red Alert level warning (high alert) for toxic blue-green algae has been issued for the Manilla River at Barraba. This alert is based on visual observations and WaterNSW will follow up with algae sampling.

The previously issued high level algal warning (Red Alert) for Hume Dam has been cleared.

A high-level algal warning (Red Alert) has been issued for Tocumwal on the River Murray. This declaration of a red alert follows the weekly testing undertaken by WaterNSW. Levels of blue green algae in other sections of the river continue to fluctuate.

A Red Alert level warning (high alert) for blue-green algae has been issued for Fitzroy Falls Reservoir near Moss Vale, after sampling by WaterNSW revealed high levels of blue-green algae.

A Red Alert level warning (high alert) for blue-green algae has been issued for Wyangala Dam and the Lachlan River downstream of Wyangala Dam. Wyangala Dam is located 30km South-East of Cowra.

WaterNSW welcomes today’s findings handed down in the NSW Land and Environment Court in relation to a case brought against two prominent irrigators in the Brewarrina region.

Water supply from Toonumbar Dam on the NSW North Coast will be interrupted for 1 week starting on the 20th of April while work proceeds to upgrade important elements of the dam system.

One of the dam storages hit hardest by extreme drought – Keepit Dam in the Namoi valley – will make its first water release in more than a year.