Water users accessing some of the state’s most fragile groundwater sources will come under extra scrutiny in April when the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) starts a new bore audit program.
Two Murrumbidgee landholders have been ordered to pay fines totalling $17,000 for exceeding bore extraction limits during a severe drought.
The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld the $252k fine to a Moree-based company for water law breach.
The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) today announced that 69 per cent of water pumps that were required to be fitted with accurate meters, independently certified and connected to telemetry in December 2020, are now compliant.
The NSW water regulator issued six fines in the Wentworth area between July and September 2021.