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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 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...

For the first time, water for the environment has flowed through a 2000-kilometre network of rivers in the northern Murray–Darling Basin, reaching the Menindee Lakes near Broken Hill.

Joint media release published with WaterNSW.

WaterNSW has reduced the amount of water released from the Menindee Lakes from 1,000 megalitres per day (ML/day) at weir 32 to 700 ML/day. The flow rate is expected to remain at 700 ML/day...