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Temporary Trading from the Macintyre Brook Water Supply Scheme guidelines

Real Time River & Streams Data Link

The NSW Office of Water manages an extensive water monitoring system that provides data such as flow levels, volume and quality.

This portal gives you access to the real time data and other information collected through this monitoring process.

Find out about:

  • The latest flow and height values from river and stream monitoring sites throughout the state
  • Reservoir volumes and levels in New South Wales' major dams and other storages
  • The latest aquifers levels from our expanding network of groundwater monitoring sites
  • The previous week's daily flow and height values from our daily river reports for selected areas of the state

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QLD & NSW Road Closure Reports

QLD

The Department of Transport and Main Roads works closely together with RACQ (with assistance from the Queensland Police Service) to provide quality and timely information to travellers on road conditions due to flooding and wet weather. This information is provided 24/7 year round.

You can access this information using one of the following options:

Visit the RACQ website RACQ Website; or

Road conditions or, Via a dedicated 1300 130 595 hotline

Another site is: Traffic and Travel Information

For further information regarding road closures and associated conditions please contact the 131940 Traffic Report hotline

NSW

The Live traffic reports are updated from the RTA's Transport Management Centre (TMC). The TMC manages incidents, such as accidents, and other disruptions to the road network, such as special events.  

You can access this website Here, Regional area Click Here

Another popular website is the Explore Oz website Click here

ALL STATES

Also here is a general website for both all states Weather Zone Click here

NSW Sustaining the Basin: Border Rivers-Gwydir (STBBRG)

Overview of the Project - Link

Is an irrigation modernisation program of Industry and Investment NSW (I&I NSW) with funding by the Australian Government's 'Water for the Future'  initiative.

STBBRG provides an opportunity for NSW Border Rivers and Gwydir Valley irrigators to upgrade irrigation infrastructure, improve productivity, adapt to reduced water availability and ensure the long term sustainability of local communities

I & I NSW (formally NSW Department of Primary Industries) will be the lead agency with administrative and operational support provided by Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority

Expressions of interest for irrigators to be involved in the program close on the 11th January 2010.

Water Purchasing by Catchment in the Murray Darling

Catchment

Border Rivers

Murray Darling Basin - Water Storages

New Website to Track Murray-Darling Basin Water Storages.

Also found on this site (above) is other useful information like:

Whole of Basin Overview. pdf

Murray-Darling Basin Water Availability 28 February 2009 pdf

Murray-Darling Basin Association Drought Update April 2009. pdf

South Australian Report into -

Water Resource - Management In The Murray Darling Basin Volume 1 'The Fellowship of the River'

Industry Organisations:

Cotton Catchment Communities CRC

Local Government:

Goondiwindi Regional Council

Moree Plains Shire Council

Tenterfield Shire Council

Our Local Members of Parliament

NSW

Hon. Richard Torbay MP- Member for Northern Tablelands

Hon. Kevin Humphries MP - Member for Barwon

QLD

Hon. Lawrence Springborg - Member for Southern Downs

Federal

Hon. Bruce Scott MP - Member for Maranoa

Hon. Mark Coulton MP - Member for Parkes

Weather: 

Moree Radar Loop 256km

Macintyre & Weir River Heights & Rainfall Observations - Clickable Map

Australian Weather News

Weatherzone

Seven day weather forecast - Aus/NZ

State Irrigator Bodies:

NSW Irrigators Council

QLD Farmers Federation (QFF)

State Departments:

NSW Department of Water and Energy DWE

QLD Department of Natural Resources & Water NRW

Border Rivers Resource Operations Plan (ROP)

NSW - Water Sharing Plan Border Rivers

Sunwater:

SunWater - Qld home page

Border Rivers Daily River Reports

Water Storage Levels: Coolmunda Dam

Macintyre Brook at Booba Sands

StateWater:

StateWater - NSW home page

Dams and Weirs

Individual Storage Reports

Water delivery

Border Rivers - Daily River Reports

Dam levels and River heights

Water Delivery Announcements

Contact StateWater

Commonwealth Government:

Minister for Climate Change & Water - Penny Wong

Opposition Leader The Hon Tony Abbott

Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water - Greg Hunt

Commonwealth Departments/Authorities:

Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts DEWHA

Murray Darling Basdin Authority MDBA

National Water Commission NWC

Murray Darling Basin Commission (Archive site) MDBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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