Lower Macquarie water group gets $400,000 grant
Wednesday December 16, 2009
The Lower Macquarie Water Utilities Alliance, which includes Cobar Shire Council, has been awarded more than $450,000 in funding.
The alliance, which includes Cobar, Bogan, Brewarrina, Bourke, Narromine, Wellington, and Warren councils, applied for funds under the federal government Strengthening Basin Communities funding program and was notified recently that its application was successful.
The funds will be used to develop regional strategies for integrated water cycle management, demand management, drought management, stormwater harvesting and water quality management.
Minister for Water Penny Wong said one of the aims of the funding program was to assist local government in community wide planning for “a future with less water”.
“In this era of extended drought and the emergence of climate change, we face a monumental challenge in the Murray-Darling Basin,” Ms Wong said.
“Over the last three years the average
amount of water flowing into the Murray
River was just one-fifth of the long-term annual average.”
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