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Welcome to the NSW Government's Reconnecting River Country Virtual Room.

The Reconnecting River Country Program (the Program) aims to achieve a balance of economic, social, cultural and environmental outcomes across southern NSW by improving wetland and floodplain connectivity.


Acknowledgement of Country

The Department of Planning and Environment acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land, and respects Elders past and present.

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Timeline

*This timeline is subject to change, please check back to stay up to date.

Landholder Negotiation Framework Discussion released for six week public consultation.
Online Case Studies Online case studies mirror the on-ground engagement, which commenced November 2021.
Murray River Inundation Maps released
(May-June)
Inundation maps will represent the shortlisted flow options in the Murray River (Hume to Wakool) and seek to represent movement of water across the landscape, providing an estimate of inundation extent for each option.
February
March
April
May
Community Consultation (Now until September 2022) Our aim is to work with communities to create a pathway allowing the successful relaxation of constraints to the delivery of water for the environment, allowing this water to be delivered where and when it is needed efficiently and effectively.
June
July
August
September
Murray Strategic Business Case (July) This report will identify, evaluate, and shortlist flow and impact options for further investigation for the next stage of the Program (Final Business Case). Options shortlisting is part of the requirements under the NSW Government Business Case Guidelines, as well as under the Infrastructure NSW (INSW) Investor Assurance Framework. Murrumbidgee Inundation Maps released
(July - August)
Inundation maps will represent the shortlisted flow options in the Murrumbidgee River and seek to represent movement of water across the landscape across the landscape, providing an estimate of inundation extent for each option.
Murrumbidgee Strategic Business Case (September) The report will identify, evaluate, and shortlist flow and impact mitigation options for further investigation for the next stage of the Program (Final Business Case). Options shortlisting is part of the requirements under the NSW Government Business Case Guidelines, as well as under the Infrastructure NSW (INSW) Infrastructure Investor Assurance Framework.

Aerial photography

Wet weather in the upper catchments of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in 2020 was an opportunity for the Reconnecting Program team to improve accuracy of the Program’s models. In the first week of August 2020, flows in the Murrumbidgee River peaked at ~44,000 ML at Wagga Wagga, and flows in the Murray River peaked at ~30,000 ML at Yarrawonga.

The program team were out on the ground collecting data to map where the water went, and at what level. The team sourced satellite, aerial and on ground images, took manual gauge readings, and worked with landholders to install monitoring cameras on their properties.

This data helps us understand what this volume of flows looks like on the ground, and share that information with the community. We will use it in future conversations with landholders and communities to ground-truth inundation maps.

These sliders demonstrate the difference between regular flows and the natural event that occurred in 2020. The Program will release the aerial imagery later in 2022.

Factsheets

Interactive Map

Inundation maps

This page provides access to the Reconnecting River Country Program’s modelled inundation extents in an interactive web map.

These maps indicate the extent to which water would occasionally travel across the landscape under the program's investigated flow options. For more information on the modelling process, click here.

The program is divided up into sub-reaches, each of which is shown in the map below. To view the web maps for your area of interest, identify the area code and select the applicable link below.

The program is actively developing models and as a result, not all outputs are ready for display. If an area of the program that you are interested in is not currently available, please sign up for updates to be notified as new areas are released.

The spatial maps of the Reconnecting River Country Program inundation extents contained on this website (“Inundation Maps”) are produced for information purposes only.

The inundation extents shown in the Inundation Maps are best available as at June 2022. The mapping has been prepared to provide an indication of the extent of inundation possible for the flow options being investigated in the Reconnecting River Country Program’s Strategic Business Case, and to support associated stakeholder engagement processes in 2022. The mapping has undergone desktop checking against available aerial photography and satellite imagery, but is yet to be checked on-ground with landholders and other stakeholders. Therefore, the mapping should be treated as provisional at this stage. Subject to NSW and Commonwealth Government approvals to proceed with further flow option evaluations and the preparation of the Reconnecting River Country Program's Final Business Case, the inundation mapping will be ‘ground-truthed’ with affected landholders and stakeholders, and refined based on the outcomes of that process. The mapping is intended to represent the upper limit of inundation associated with the flow options being investigated, noting most environmental flow deliveries will result in smaller areas of inundation.

Disclaimer:

The State of New South Wales, including the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (“the department”), does not give any warranty, guarantee or representation about the accuracy, currency or completeness of any information contained in the Inundation Maps (including, without limitation, any information included in the Inundation Maps which was provided by third parties). The State of New South Wales (including the department) provides the Inundation Maps without assumption of a duty of care to any person.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the State of New South Wales (including the department) excludes all liability in relation to the information contained in the Inundation Maps or for any injury, expense loss, or damage whatsoever (including without limitation liability for negligence and consequential losses) suffered or incurred by any person acting or purporting to act in reliance upon any information contained herein.

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Mundarlo Bridge

Wagga Bridge

Narrandera Township

North Wagga

Collingullie area

Darlington Point

Upper Yanco Creek

Millewa Forest Project

Program name: SDLAM Acceleration

Project type: Infrastructure

Project status: Proposed

Funded by: Australian Government

Partnering with: Australian Government and various Councils in project footprint

The Yanga and Millewa Supply Project will provide improved environmental watering regimes to enhance environmental and cultural outcomes in these national parks by 2024. Several options are being considered to improve environmental and cultural outcomes. The project is currently in the problem definition and options development phase.

Koondrook-Perricoota Forest Pilot

Program name: SDLAM Acceleration

Project type: Infrastructure

Project status: Proposed

Funded by: Australian Government

Partnering with: Australian Government and various Councils in project footprint

This project aims to reinstate flows by diverting water from the Murray River through the Koondrook-Perricoota Forest to improve and protect forest health. Some flow enabling works are already in place as a result of The Living Murray program. Further discussion with community and stakeholders is required to agree a flow regime and associated works (such as the installation of regulators and levees) to divert and control flows from the Murray River through the forest. We will work with the community, stakeholders and First Nations to develop a flow regime through the forest with lasting environmental and cultural benefits.

Find out more https://dpe.mysocialpinpoint.com.au/koondrook-perricoota-forest-project

Yanco Creek Modernisation Project (YC)

Program name: SDLAM Acceleration

Project type: Infrastructure

Project status: Proposed

Funded by: Australian Government

Partnering with: Various Councils in project footprint

Yanco Delivery Escape, situated 23km north of Jerilderie, will channel water into Yanco Creek via an escape channel known as DC800 under the YCMP.

Find out more - https://dpe.mysocialpinpoint.com.au/yanco

Yanga National Park Project (YA)

Program name: SDLAM Acceleration

Project type: Infrastructure

Project status: Proposed

Funded by: Australian Government

Partnering with: Australian Government and various Councils in project footprint

The Yanga and Millewa Supply Project will provide improved environmental watering regimes to enhance environmental and cultural outcomes in these national parks by 2024. Several options are being considered to improve environmental and cultural outcomes. The project is currently in the problem definition and options development phase.

Norreuil Park, Albury

Tocumwal Town Beach

Barmah-Millewa

Corowa