Sentences with phrase «environmental watering actions»

This involves highly targeted and discrete environmental watering actions such as maintaining low flows to manage water quality by flushing waterholes and directing small volumes of water from the main river channels to providing refuges for plants and animals in wetlands and channel systems.

Water used in this event was primarily drawn from «return flows», which is a term for environmental water already in the river from other upstream environmental watering actions, such as from the Goulburn River and Hume Dam.

Commonwealth environmental watering actions, in combination with NSW environmental water, are making significant contributions to ecological outcomes across the monitoring zones.

Operational monitoring is undertaken for all Commonwealth environmental watering actions and involves collecting on ground data with regard to environmental water delivery such as volumes delivered, impact on the river systems hydrograph, area of inundation and river levels.

Note: Further information on Commonwealth environmental watering actions in the Lower Murray will be added as decisions are made by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.

Following the breaking of the millennium drought and record floods in 2010 and 2012, natural flooding and environmental watering actions have resulted in improvements in the condition of many Victorian Rivers in the Murray Darling Basin and associated wetlands.

Environmental water managers engage with local community groups and landholders to ensure environmental watering actions realise their full potential.

The Victorian Environmental Water Holder and The Living Murray program also contributed water to this environmental watering action.

Increased number of silver perch recruits in zone 3 and zone 4 of the Wakool River which received Commonwealth environmental water from the Yallakool Creek environmental watering action.

The reduced number of these larvae in zone 1 may be due to the smaller area of slackwater and slow water in Yallakool Creek during the environmental watering action compared to the other zones.

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By reducing threats to native flora and fauna, land management actions such as these increase the likelihood that environmental watering will achieve its intended outcomes.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office has been monitoring and evaluating the short - term (annual) environmental response of selected watering actions in the Murrumbidgee during the 2011 - 12, 2012 - 13, and 2013 - 14Environmental Water Office has been monitoring and evaluating the short - term (annual) environmental response of selected watering actions in the Murrumbidgee during the 2011 - 12, 2012 - 13, and 2013 - 14 water yWater Office has been monitoring and evaluating the short - term (annual) environmental response of selected watering actions in the Murrumbidgee during the 2011 - 12, 2012 - 13, and 2013 - 14environmental response of selected watering actions in the Murrumbidgee during the 2011 - 12, 2012 - 13, and 2013 - 14 water ywater years.

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For more information, please see the 2017 - 18 summary of actions the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is planning to implement to protect and restore the Mid-Murray region.

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The Lachlan Riverine Working Group, the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, the State Water Corporation and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office contributed to the development and implementation of this watering action.

This action commenced on 20 August 2014 and ended on approximately 10 October 2015, 5 000 ML of Commonwealth environmental water, and 821 ML of NSW RiverBank water was protected from extraction in the Lachlan River.

The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) contributed a further 1,272 ML to the action.

Councillor Trevor Norton (District Council of Loxton Waikerie), Craig Ferber (Project Manager, Loxton to Bookpurnong Local Action Planning Committee), Michelle Campbell (Local Engagement Officer, Commonwealth Environmental Water Office) and Ian Atkinson (Chief Executive Officer, Nature Foundation South Australia) watching environmental water flowing into a wetland at Loxton Riverfront ResEnvironmental Water Office) and Ian Atkinson (Chief Executive Officer, Nature Foundation South Australia) watching environmental water flowing into a wetland at Loxton Riverfront Reserve in Water Office) and Ian Atkinson (Chief Executive Officer, Nature Foundation South Australia) watching environmental water flowing into a wetland at Loxton Riverfront Resenvironmental water flowing into a wetland at Loxton Riverfront Reserve in water flowing into a wetland at Loxton Riverfront Reserve in 2014.

These watering actions were managed in cooperation with the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales Office of Water, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Mallee Catchment Management Authority, the Murray - Darling Basin Authority, SA Water and the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.

The Lachlan Riverine Working Group, the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, the WaterNSW, the NSW Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office contributed to the development and implementation of this watering action.

Once a decision has been made, the water will be delivered and information will be made available about the action on the Commonwealth Environmental Water webwater will be delivered and information will be made available about the action on the Commonwealth Environmental Water webWater website.

An in - channel action was undertaken in the Lachlan River main stem to provide a specific hydrograph proposed by New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)- Fisheries to provide environmental water to support migration, spawning and recruitment of native fish, specifically golden perch.

Both of the watering actions above were managed in cooperation with NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW DPI - Fisheries, WaterNSW and the Lachlan Environmental Water Advisory Group.

This watering action will be managed by Nature Foundation South Australia in collaboration with local landholders, Bookpurnong - Lock 4 Environmental Association, Loxton Waikerie District Council, Loxton Bookpurnong Local Action Planning Group, SA Water and the South Australian Government's Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resoaction will be managed by Nature Foundation South Australia in collaboration with local landholders, Bookpurnong - Lock 4 Environmental Association, Loxton Waikerie District Council, Loxton Bookpurnong Local Action Planning Group, SA Water and the South Australian Government's Department of Environment, Water and Natural ResoAction Planning Group, SA Water and the South Australian Government's Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.

The environmental water used at Whirlpool Corner, Disher Creek and Berri Basin was provided from flows returning to the river system from watering actions originally delivered in Victoria.

This watering action was managed in cooperation with NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW DPI - Fisheries, WaterNSW and the Lachlan Environmental Water Advisory Group.

Monitoring of the outcomes of this watering action was undertaken by the NSW Department of Primary Industries — Fisheries and WaterNSW (funded by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office), the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office.

Up to 6,050 ML of Commonwealth environmental water is available for use in 2016 ‑ 17 as part of the watering action targeting the upper Warrego River system (unregulated).

Up to 10,000 ML of Commonwealth environmental water was available for use in 2015 ‑ 16 as part of this watering action targeting the lower Warrego River system (unregulated).

Consistent with the Commonwealth Environmental Water trade operating rules, full details of this trading action will be published following registration of the final trade.

Short term projects have focussed on determining whether selected watering actions are meeting their intended ecological objectives and understanding the implications for environmental water delivery.

The action is being managed in partnership with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Murray Water, North Central Catchment Management Authority and The Living Murray.

This watering action is being managed in partnership with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn Murray Water and the Goulburn - Broken Catchment Management Authority.

Input to the potential watering actions for 2017 — 18 was received via the Environmental Watering Advisory Group (EWAG) meetings organised and chaired by the North Central and Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authwatering actions for 2017 — 18 was received via the Environmental Watering Advisory Group (EWAG) meetings organised and chaired by the North Central and Goulburn Broken Catchment Management AuthWatering Advisory Group (EWAG) meetings organised and chaired by the North Central and Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authorities.

Return flows from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in lower Broken Creek supported downstream actions throughout the Mid Murray, Lower Murray, Coorong and Lower Lakes, contributing to the protection, maintenance and improvement of the diversity and condition of water dependent native flora and fauna and ecosystem function.

This watering action was managed in cooperation with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Murray Water, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.

This watering action was managed in cooperation with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Murray Water and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority.

The watering action was managed in partnership with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Murray Water, North Central Catchment Management Authority and The Living Murray.

This watering action was managed in cooperation with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Murray Water and the North Central Catchment Management Authority.

This watering action was managed by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority in cooperation with Goulburn - Murray Water, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, and the Murray - Darling Basin Authority (River Murray Operations).

The watering action was managed in cooperation with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder and the North Central Catchment Management Authority.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office will provide further information to the water market prior to undertaking any trading action, based on decisions by the Commonwealth Environmental Water HoWater Office will provide further information to the water market prior to undertaking any trading action, based on decisions by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Howater market prior to undertaking any trading action, based on decisions by the Commonwealth Environmental Water HoWater Holder.

The Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Broken Catchment Management Authority, the Goulburn - Murray Water, the Murray - Darling Basin Authority and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office worked together to make this watering action possible.

This watering action was managed in partnership with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and Goulburn - Murray Water.

The action is being managed in partnership with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Goulburn - Broken Catchment Management Authority, Goulburn - Murray Water and the Living Murray program.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office funded monitoring activities to evaluate the short - term (annual) environmental response of selected watering actions in the Macquarie river system in 2014 - 15 aEnvironmental Water Office funded monitoring activities to evaluate the short - term (annual) environmental response of selected watering actions in the Macquarie river system in 2014 - 15 aenvironmental response of selected watering actions in the Macquarie river system in 2014 - 15 and 2016 - 17.

For more information, please see the 2017 - 18 summary of actions the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is planning to implement to protect and restore the Lower Murray - Darling region.