The Latest Breaking News from Water NSW

Residents of a small NSW town are living on bottled water, with their taps regularly emitting brown, foul-smelling liquid. The council says it has been a problem for decades, but it will take three more years to fix.

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Outback residents of this town say a drop-in information session has left them "scratching their heads". But authorities say they are doing the best they can.

In a dramatic contrast to the fish kills of 2018-19, the SES has given residents in Menindee a prepare-to-evacuate order due to flooding, but some locals say they have received mixed messages from authorities.

Authorities say regional NSW dams are at their fullest since the 1990s ahead of a third La Nina is hanging around this spring.

Graziers and farmers along the Macquarie River say flooding used to be beneficial but has become ‘far worse and goes for far longer’ than it should

Families in NSW Liverpool Plains say authorities did not warn everyone before recent flooding

Months of flood conditions across western NSW has Burrendong Dam threatening to spill into already inundated rivers, as saturated embankments collapse.

Further water releases from the Snowy Hydro and the Tumut River channel already at capacity have farmers downstream concerned, one saying there should have been better planning before now.