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WaterNSW also owns and operates the largest surface and groundwater monitoring network in the southern hemisphere. [ 2 ] WaterNSW was established on the 1 January 2015, under the Water NSW Act 2014 , merging the State Water Corporation (which managed the states rivers and dams other than Sydney) and Sydney Catchment Authority which managed ...
The Upper Nepean Scheme supplies water from the Cataract River at Broughtons Pass to the Crown Street reservoir, a distance of 101.79 kilometres (63.25 mi). The Upper Canal commences by tunnel from Pheasant's Nest Weir on the Nepean River and extends through the local government areas of Wollondilly , Camden , Campbelltown , Liverpool ...
This scheme was to be Sydney's fourth water supply system, following the Tank Stream, Busby's Bore and the Botany (Lachlan) Swamps. [6] Prospect Reservoir was the first earthfill embankment dam in Australia and was completed in 1888. At the time it was intended to deliver water from the Upper Nepean Scheme via the Upper Canal to the reservoir.
[8]: 15–17 The Scheme was a significant feat of engineering at the time of construction. In June 1885 Sydney was in the grip of a severe drought and the Upper Nepean Scheme was incomplete. The Government accepted an offer from Hudson Brothers to bridge the gaps and deliver 14 megalitres; 3.6 million US gallons (3 × 10 ^ 6 imp gal) of water ...
Following a media release on 18 August 2023, [7] it was announced that, as of 1 January 2024, the department would be split into two new entities: the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, and the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.
Wingecarribee Dam, completed in 1974 as part of the Shoalhaven Scheme, is an earth and rockfill embankment dam structure located on the Wingecarribee River about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Bowral in New South Wales, Australia.
Originally envisaged to supply steam trains, Woodford Dam is one of six dams constructed to supply water to the Blue Mountains area. Two raisings have occurred with the latest in 1947. Due to the closure of the Linden Water filtration Plant in circa 2000, the storage is no longer used for water supply and the outlet raw water pipework has been ...
Canberra draws its water supply from three separate catchment systems: The Cotter River catchment, within the ACT; the Googong system on the Queanbeyan River in New South Wales; and the Murrumbidgee River, at the Cotter Pump Station. [18] All these rivers drain into the Murray River which is ultimately part of the Murray-Darling Basin.