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Close to 200 Basin industry and community members recently visited Hume Dam as part of River Reflections in June 2024. Here’s what they learnt.

Water infrastructure is a term which can apply to a range of assets: dams, weirs, flood levees and embankments, fishways, regulators, pump stations, managed aquifer recharge ponds and...

The Menindee Lakes water release plan has been adjusted today ahead of potentially significant rainfall now forecast across the upper Murray and north-east Victorian catchments.

The spillway gates at Hume Dam will open this week as the Murray–Darling Basin Authority and WaterNSW carry out routine maintenance.

The amount of water released into the Lower Darling River from the Menindee Lakes has been reduced to 500 megalitres per day, marking the end of the water order made by the Murray–Darling...

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority anticipates that the water volume in the Menindee Lakes could surpass 640 gigalitres late this week, triggering water sharing arrangements agreed between New...

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has appointed a former farm manager and small business owner with strong local connections as the new Regional Engagement Officer for Menindee and the...

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority will strengthen its engagement with the community in Menindee and the lower Darling in western New South Wales following a visit to the area by Chief...

The MDBA is confident the Menindee Lakes have been operated using the best information available, according to the rules, and balancing the needs of local communities, the environment and...