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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 ...
Also at Lake Eucumbene, the 22.2 kilometres (13.8 mi) long Eucumbene-Tumut Haupt-tunnel diverts the flow of the Snowy River to the Tumut River, empting into Tumut Pond Reservoir; and into the Murray–Darling basin. This tunnel was constructed between November 1954 and July 1959 and along 28% of its length is lined with a 6.4 metres (21 ft ...
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.
As at 10 September 2009, the Woronora Dam, constructed between 1927 and 1941, was the fifth and last of the water supply dams constructed prior to the Second World War to provide a secure water supply to satisfy the demands of industrial, commercial and residential development of metropolitan Sydney up to c. 1960.
[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 ...
This is a list of naturally occurring lakes and other water bodies located in the Australian state of New South Wales Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes of New South Wales . Subcategories
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.
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 ...