Water for the environment

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About water for the environment

Learn more about the role of water that is managed specifically to improve the health of rivers, wetlands and floodplains.
Murray and Lower Darling

The Murray and Lower Darling valleys include the world’s largest stand of river red gums and a 1700 kilometre stretch of Australia’s longest river, the Murray.
Murrumbidgee valley

The Murrumbidgee river is one of Australia’s most regulated river systems, which poses some unique challenges and opportunities for the management of water for the environment.
Lachlan valley

The Lachlan valley has an area of 90,000 square kilometres, extending from the Great Dividing Range to the Great Cumbung Swamp on the Riverine plains.
Macquarie valley

The Macquarie valley covers more than 75,000 square kilometres in the state’s north and extends from the Blue Mountains to the Barwon River Plains.
Gwydir valley

The Gwydir is home to a mosaic of wetlands, from marshes and shallow waterholes to broader floodplain woodlands inundated only during significant flooding.
Snowy and montane rivers

The Snowy River is the largest snowmelt river in Australia, naturally flowing from Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales to the Southern Ocean at Marlo in Victoria.
Other valleys

Water for the environment is also delivered to other valleys in NSW in collaboration with relevant state and Commonwealth agencies.
Planning and reporting

We prepare annual watering plans, outcomes reports and long-term water plans.
We love our rivers - #iheartrivers

There are so many reasons to love our local rivers.
News, videos and publications

Stay up to date with water for the environment news, videos and publications.
Education resources

Explore our education resources, fact sheets and videos and learn about water for the environment and how this water is managed and used.

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Still from timelapse video showing flood waters of the Quambies Road flood

Advisory group chairperson application

River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)

Join us to celebrate the iconic river red gum

The EWAG tours the Burrima boardwalk in the northern Macquarie Marshes

Joint watering action to help native fish survive and thrive

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Keep an eye out for a Murrumbidgee pelican

Giving decision makers a bird's eye view of the Lachlan

Community and agency members of Lachlan Environmental Water Advisory Group (EWAG) describe a January aerial flight over the Lachlan catchmen...

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Water for the environment

Explore your region

Select a region from the map:

About water for the environment

Murray and Lower Darling

Murrumbidgee valley

Lachlan valley

Macquarie valley

Gwydir valley

Snowy and montane rivers

Other valleys

Planning and reporting

We love our rivers - #iheartrivers

News, videos and publications

Education resources

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