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In 2022–23, water managers will continue to build on the success of previous years through the careful management of water for the environment.

In 2023–24, NSW water managers will continue to improve the health and resilience of priority river and wetland ecosystems and of native fish in the mid and lower reaches of the Murrumbidgee catchment.

In 2023–24, NSW water managers will focus on supporting native fish populations in the Severn, Dumaresq, Macintyre and upper Barwon–Barwaan rivers.

The NSW Scientific Committee has declared the alteration to the natural flow of watercourses to be a 'key threatening process' in New South Wales.

In 2022–23, water managers will focus their efforts on supporting native fish populations in the Severn, Dumaresq, Macintyre and upper Barwon rivers.

This statement identifies the planning and prioritisation of water for the environment across the Namoi catchment with a focus on supporting native fish and improving river productivity.

In 2023–24, NSW water managers will build on the environmental gains provided by prolonged natural flooding in the Peel and Namoi rivers, with the focus on native fish and improving river productivity.

Water managers will respond to catchment conditions to determine use of water for the environment in the Namoi, with a likely focus on native fish recovery.

This report summarises the use of water for the environment across New South Wales in the 2022–23 water year and highlights the ecological outcomes achieved for our regional environments and the communities that rely on them.

Outcomes from the use of water for the environment.