Coonancoocabill wetland is continuously inundated with water from Gogeldrie Weir downstream of Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee River. The project will disconnect the lagoon from the weir pool for extended periods of up to 2 years.
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Old Man Creek is a flow through system, receiving water from the Murrumbidgee River downstream of Wagga Wagga (at Beavers Creek Weir) and returning to the Murrumbidgee River upstream of Narrandera. The creek bypasses Berembed Weir; the main supply to MIA. The creek supplies irrigation and environmental flows to areas west of Wagga Wagga and south of the river.
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Bundidgerry Creek supplies water to Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) from the Murrumbidgee River. Water flows through the Bundidgerry Creek system from Berembed Weir to a regulator owned and operated by MIA, 8km upstream from Narrandera. Water released from MIA’s regulator flows through the Lake Talbot complex before passing MIA’s meter at Narrandera.
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A recent focus of Water for Rivers Business Plan is on-farm reconfiguration, and rationalisation.
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Water for Rivers is working in partnership with State Water and the NSW Department of Water and Energy (DWE) to establish the Murrumbidgee River as the worlds most efficiently managed and operated working river system.
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Removing willows from streams will produce measured water saving, as well as significantly improve stream efficiency.
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The Yanco Creek system is an important effluent system of the Murrumbidgee River which meets the Murray River system at Moulamein.
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