2020
2020
Blue-green algae Red Alert warning for Chaffey Dam storage has been cleared.
Algal alerts
Date published: 24 March 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.
Red Alert warning lifted for Angourie Blue Pool near Yamba
Algal alerts
Date published: 23 March 2020
The Red Alert for Angourie Blue Pool near Yamba has now been lifted.
Blue-green algae Red Alert warning for Manilla River at Barraba
Algal alerts
Date published: 23 March 2020
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.
Blue green algae Red Alert warning lifted for Hume Dam
Algal alerts
Date published: 23 March 2020
The previously issued high level algal warning (Red Alert) for Hume Dam has been cleared.
Blue green algae Red Alert warning for Murray River at Tocumwal
Algal alerts
Date published: 23 March 2020
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.
Blue-green algae Red Alert for Fitzroy Falls Reservoir
Algal alerts
Date published: 20 March 2020
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.
Blue-green algae Red Alert for Wyangala Dam storage and for the Lachlan River downstream Wyangala Dam
Algal alerts
Date published: 20 March 2020
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 Land and Environment Court decision
Media release
Date published: 19 March 2020
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.
Upgrade works to halt water releases from Toonumbar Dam
Media release
Date published: 18 March 2020
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.
Keepit Dam to deliver first water in more than a year
Media release
Date published: 17 March 2020
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.