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Professionals Australia's Response on Behalf of Members in Relation to The
Professionals Australia’s response on behalf of members in relation to the proposed restructure PA met with engineers who work in the Engineering Division on two occasions at WNSW Parramatta offices with members dialling-in from regional NSW. PA encouraged members to put forward their professional views on the proposed restructure on whether it addressed existing problems. PA has received some very detailed responses from our members. It is clear there is a high level of concern that the restructure will have undesired impacts on both employees and the functions of Engineering. Many members have taken the opportunity to respond directly to the WNSW email address set up for feedback. This submission does not repeat those comments. This submission is concerned with the first order issue – Does the restructure enhance the undertaking of engineering functions by WaterNSW or not? The next level of concerns which appear to be the main focus of the input provided via the WNSW email are the detail of position descriptions and the arrangements for filling the structure. We understand such matters have also attracted a large number of comments and concerns from members. However, those issues arise only when the first order issue is satisfied. The focus of this submission is whether the restructure has accurately identified the deficiencies and whether the proposal will address those deficiencies. What can a restructure address? A restructure can address issues such as resourcing levels, specific function focus and functional alignment. It cannot address issues caused by dysfunctional organisational behaviour, lack of effective processes, etc. Does the restructure enhance engineering functions at WNSW? The view of WNSW engineers is that overall the restructure will not result in the enhanced performance of the engineering functions required by WNSW. -
Fish River Water Supply Scheme
Nomination of FISH RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME as a National Engineering Landmark Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Nomination Form 4 Owner's Agreement 5 3. Location Map 6 4. Glossary, Abbreviations and Units 8 5. Heritage Assessment 10 5.1 Basic Data 10 5.2 Heritage Significance 11 5.2.1 Historic phase 11 5.2.2 Historic individuals and association 36 5.2.3 Creative or technical achievement 37 5.2.4 Research potential – teaching and understanding 38 5.2.5 Social or cultural 40 5.2.6 Rarity 41 5.2.7 Representativeness 41 6. Statement of Significance 42 7. Proposed Citation 43 8. References 44 9. CD-ROM of this document plus images obtained to date - 1 - - 2 - 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Fish River Water Supply Scheme [FRWS] is a medium size but important water supply with the headwaters in the Central Highlands of NSW, west of the Great Dividing Range and to the south of Oberon. It supplies water in an area from Oberon, north to Portland, Mount Piper Power Station and beyond, and east, across the Great Dividing Range, to Wallerawang town, Wallerawang Power Station, Lithgow and the Upper Blue Mountains. It is the source of water for many small to medium communities, including Rydal, Lidsdale, Cullen Bullen, Glen Davis and Marrangaroo, as well as many rural properties through which its pipelines pass. It was established by Act of Parliament in 1945 as a Trading Undertaking of the NSW State Government. The FRWS had its origins as a result of the chronic water supply problems of the towns of Lithgow, Wallerawang, Portland and Oberon from as early as 1937, which were exacerbated by the 1940-43 drought. -
Dam Failure Warning and Evacuation Planning in New South Wales
DAM FAILURE WARNING AND EVACUATION PLANNING IN NEW SOUTH WALES: RECENT PROGRESS AND THE FORWARD PROGRAM Chas Keys State Planning Co-ordinator NSW State Emergency Service Planning for the kinds of floods which would follow the failure of large water storage dams is relatively new in Australia. In New South Wales it began in the late 1980s following the realisation, based on improved scientific comprehension of severe weather and flood events, that some dams had spillways which were incapable of safely passing very severe floods. For a time progress was slow as far as plan development was concerned but over the past year or two it has picked up significantly. Several plans, under preparation for a considerable length of time, have been completed to final draft stage and a number of new ones have been started. At the same time the ‘rules’ by which the planning is being done and on which responses to dam-failure would be based have been fine-tuned. Moreover, the shape of the future planning program and associated activities can be seen with increasing clarity. Until quite recently the State Emergency Service was, like most emergency management organisations in this country, much more oriented towards responding to emergencies than in preparing to respond to them. Planning, as a consequence, was not given a high priority and there were few trained planners appointed to the organisation and few resources allocated to them. Activities involving planning for floods were in their infancy and planning expertise was lacking. Accordingly, the organisation was not well placed to react quickly when, in the mid-1980s, the PMP/PMF revisions made it clear that several of the state’s major water storage dams had inadequate spillway capacities and were in a few cases quite dangerously underdesigned in terms of their security during significant flood events. -
Government Gazette of the STATE of NEW SOUTH WALES Number 112 Monday, 3 September 2007 Published Under Authority by Government Advertising
6835 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 112 Monday, 3 September 2007 Published under authority by Government Advertising SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT EXOTIC DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT 1991 ORDER - Section 15 Declaration of Restricted Areas – Hunter Valley and Tamworth I, IAN JAMES ROTH, Deputy Chief Veterinary Offi cer, with the powers the Minister has delegated to me under section 67 of the Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1991 (“the Act”) and pursuant to section 15 of the Act: 1. revoke each of the orders declared under section 15 of the Act that are listed in Schedule 1 below (“the Orders”); 2. declare the area specifi ed in Schedule 2 to be a restricted area; and 3. declare that the classes of animals, animal products, fodder, fi ttings or vehicles to which this order applies are those described in Schedule 3. SCHEDULE 1 Title of Order Date of Order Declaration of Restricted Area – Moonbi 27 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Woonooka Road Moonbi 29 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Anambah 29 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Muswellbrook 29 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Aberdeen 29 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – East Maitland 29 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Timbumburi 29 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – McCullys Gap 30 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Bunnan 31 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area - Gloucester 31 August 2007 Declaration of Restricted Area – Eagleton 29 August 2007 SCHEDULE 2 The area shown in the map below and within the local government areas administered by the following councils: Cessnock City Council Dungog Shire Council Gloucester Shire Council Great Lakes Council Liverpool Plains Shire Council 6836 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 3 September 2007 Maitland City Council Muswellbrook Shire Council Newcastle City Council Port Stephens Council Singleton Shire Council Tamworth City Council Upper Hunter Shire Council NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. -
Trout Waters Recreational Fishing Guide (Central)
Trout waters recreational fishing guide (Central) October 2014 Primefact 1038 Second edition Recreational and Indigenous Fisheries Unit Introduction NSW DPI Fisheries Officers regularly patrol Our State's fisheries are a community-owned waterways and impoundments ensuring resource. We all have a responsibility to protect compliance with NSW fishing regulations and and safeguard this natural asset for present and distributing freshwater fishing guides and sticky future generations. fish measuring rulers. Fishing regulations are in place to protect and Fishcare Volunteers can also be found at boat conserve our fish stocks and aquatic habitats to ramps and on the water in dedicated Fishcare ensure that fishing activities remain sustainable. vessels, advising anglers about responsible fishing practices and distributing fisheries Central NSW waterways provide many fishing advisory information. opportunities for fishing enthusiasts. This guide will give you an idea of the fishing on offer and Information on bag and size limits, fishing the closures and restrictions that apply to this closures and legal fishing gear can also be great region. obtained free of charge from the NSW DPI website www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries, or by The central region offers excellent lake, river and visiting your local NSW DPI fisheries office. boat fishing opportunities and anglers have the chance of catching a wide variety of fish including To report illegal fishing activity, call your local Murray Cod, Golden Perch, Rainbow Trout and fisheries office or the Fishers Watch Phoneline Brown Trout. on 1800 043 536. All calls will be treated as confidential and you can remain anonymous. Figure 1. The Central NSW waterways region Recreational Fishing Fee When fishing in NSW waters, both freshwater and saltwater, you are required by law to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and carry a receipt showing the payment of the fee. -
Maximising Returns from Water in the Australian Vegetable Industry
Maximising returns from water in the Australian vegetable industry Scroll down or skip this page. This document is part of a larger publication that has been broken into four parts. The remaining parts of the publication can be found at the main page: Maximising returns from water in the Australian vegetable industry This document is subject to the disclaimers and copyright of the full version from which it is extracted. S E C T I O N 3 – WAT E R U S E I N T H E N S W V E G E TA B L E I N D U S T RY SECTION 3 – WATER USE IN THE NSW VEGETABLE INDUSTRY 3.1 – MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN NEW SOUTH WALES In New South Wales, water policy and regulatory functions are undertaken by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). State Water is a state-owned corporation responsible for delivery of bulk water to retailers. State Water incorporates, into a single business, all of New South Wales’ bulk water delivery functions outside the areas of operation of the Sydney Catchment Authority, Sydney Water Corporation, Hunter Water Source: from the Corporation and other water supply authorities. It owns 19 large dams and one small dam, State Water website. and manages another 11 small dams on behalf of the Department of Lands. (The capacities of NSW’s main water storages are listed in Table 8.) Table 8 – Main water storages in NSW, 2004 Catchment Major storage Storage capacity (ML) Murrumbidgee catchment Blowering 1 631 410 Burrinjuck 1 026 000 Lachlan River Slopes Carcoar Dam 35 800 catchment Wyangala Dam 1 220 000 Upper Macquarie River Ben Chifley Dam 30 800 catchment Oberon Dam 45 400 Burrendong Dam 1 188 000 Hawkesbury–Nepean Lake Burragorang 2 031 000 catchment Murray catchment Hume Reservoir 3 038 000 Dartmouth (Victoria) 3 906 000 NSW total 19 015 000 *Source: State Water and Sydney Catchment Authority websites Additionally, State Water owns and manages more than 280 weirs and regulators. -
Water Recovery Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin
Water Recovery Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin June 2014 © Commonwealth of Australia, 2014. Water Recovery Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 Australia licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ This report should be attributed as ‘Water Recovery Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin, Commonwealth of Australia 2014’. The Commonwealth of Australia has made all reasonable efforts to identify content supplied by third parties using the following format ‘© Copyright, [name of third party]’. Cover: The Paroo River (Andrew Tattnel) Back Cover: Murrumbidgee North Redbank Feb 2012 (Simon Banks CEWO) Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment. Contents Foreword 3 Overview 5 What is the reason for water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin? 7 What is the purpose of this Water Recovery Strategy? 10 What are the environmental water requirements in the Basin Plan? 11 Local and shared component 11 What is the Australian Government’s approach to future water recovery? 13 Prioritising infrastructure investments 13 Placing a 1500 gigalitre cap and re-phasing of buyback -
Water Storages in NSW
PO Box R1437 NSWIC Royal Exchange NSW 1225 NEW SOUTH WALES Tel: 02 9251 8466 Fax: 02 9251 8477 IRRIGATORS’ [email protected] COUNCIL www.nswic.org.au ABN: 49 087 281 746 Submission to the Standing Committee on State Development Adequacy of Water Storages in NSW 120831 Mark Moore Policy Analyst Member Organisations: Bega Cheese Limited, Border Rivers Food & Fibre, Coleambally Irrigation Co-Op Ltd, Cotton Australia, Gwydir Valley Irrigators’ Association Inc., High Security Irrigators Inc, Hunter Valley Water Users’ Association, Lachlan Valley Water, Macquarie River Food & Fibre, Mid Coast Dairy Advancement Group, Mungindi-Menindee Advisory Council, Murray Irrigation Limited, Murray Valley Water Diverters’ Association, Murrumbidgee Groundwater Inc., Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd, Murrumbidgee Private Irrigators’ Inc., Murrumbidgee Valley Food and Fibre Association, Namoi Water, NSW Farmers’ Association, Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia, Richmond Wilson Combined Water Users Association, Riverina Citrus, Southern Riverina Irrigators, South Western Water Users’, West Corurgan Private Irrigation District, Western Murray Irrigation, Wine Grapes Marketing Board. Introduction NSW Irrigators’ Council (NSWIC) represents more than 12,000 irrigation farmers across NSW. These irrigators access regulated, unregulated and groundwater systems. Our members include valley water user associations, food and fibre groups, irrigation corporations and commodity groups from the rice, cotton, dairy and horticultural industries. This document represents the views of the members of NSWIC. However each member reserves the right to independent policy on issues that directly relate to their areas of operation, or expertise, or any other issues that they may deem relevant. 1 | P a g e Background NSWIC, being the peak body for irrigators in NSW, appreciates the opportunity to make a submission to this Inquiry. -
NSW Freshwater Fishing Guide 2008
XXXXXXXXX D DPI6646_NOV07 Contents D Ccontents About this guide 4 hand-hauled yabby net 20 Message from the minister 6 dams and weirs 22 NSW recreational fishing fee 8 Useful knots, rigs and bait 24 interstate and overseas visitors 8 How to weigh your fish with a ruler 27 how much is the fee? 8 Freshwater fishing enclosures 28 where do I pay the fee? 8 Why do we close areas to fishing? 32 Where do my fishing fees go? 9 Lake Hume and Lake Mulwala 32 recereational fishing trusts 9 Catch and release fishing 33 expenditure committee 10 Major native freshwater fishing species 34 fish stocking 12 Crayfish 37 more fisheries officers on patrol 12 Trout and salmon fishing 38 essential recreational research fishing rules for trout and salmon 38 and monitoring 12 notified trout waters 40 watch out for fishcare volunteers 12 classifications 46 more facilities for fishers 12 closed waters 46 fishing workshops 14 illegal fishing methods 47 tell us where you would like fees spent 14 trout and salmon fishing species 48 Freshwater legal lengths 15 Fish hatcheries and fish stocking 50 Bag and possession limits 15 native fish stocking programs 50 explanation of terms 15 trout and salmon 53 measuring a fish 15 fish stocking policy 54 measuring a Murray cray 15 hatchery tours 54 why have bag and size limits? 15 Threatened and protected species 55 bag and size limits for native species 16 Conserving aquatic habitat 58 General fishing 17 department initiatives 58 fishing access 17 what can fishers do? 59 recereational fishing guides 17 report illegal activities 61 traps and nets 17 Pest species 61 Murray river 17 Fishcare volunteer program 63 fishing lines 17 Take a kid fishing! 63 illegal fishing methods 17 Fisheries officers 64 yabby traps 18 Consuming your catch 65 shrimp traps 20 Inland offices and contact details 67 hoop net or lift net 20 2008 NSW Recreational Freshwater Fishing Guide 3 E About this guide This freshwater recreational fishing guide is produced by NSW Department Copyright of Primary Industries, PO Box 21 Cronulla NSW 2230. -
Oberon Council
OBERON COUNCIL Local Strategic Planning Statement 2040 “Oberon – more than you imagine” Document Status Author Date Doc stage Rev No. 1 Oberon Council March 2020 Pre exhibition draft 2 Oberon Council May 2020 Exhibition draft 3 Oberon Council June 2020 Final i Mayor’s Foreword To develop a vision for land use for the next twenty years the Oberon Council Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) considers land use trends that are currently occurring in the Local Government Area (LGA) and anticipates others that may likely emerge. The continued importance of agriculture, forestry, lifestyle and tourism is acknowledged and planning actions are included in this document to ensure ongoing viability in these areas. However we must also be cognisant of the fact that the use of agricultural land is changing across the country. Council is looking at planning strategies to increase employment opportunities in both the manufacturing and farming sectors through value adding and new development. Currently Oberon is enjoying popularity as a lifestyle option with many new residents choosing to move here and embrace our lifestyle. The LSPS looks to expand upon this trend and analyse what will be required to further enhance the popularity of Oberon whilst minimising risks to new residents posed by bushfire, flooding and other natural disasters. “Oberon – more than you imagine” is the vision of Council community strategic plan with the mission being “A prosperous town, village and rural communities set amongst the rolling hills, rivers, forests, mountains and caves of the Great Divide. Breathe fresh air in a landscape of light, colour and seasonal beauty. -
Trout and Salmon) (Fishing Closure) Notification 2019 (No. 2
Fisheries Management (Trout and Salmon) (Fishing Closure) Notification 2019 (No. 2) under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 I, Peter Turnell, Acting Deputy Director General Fisheries, with the delegated authority of the Minister and the Secretary in pursuance of sections 227 and 228 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (“the Act”), and in pursuance of section 8 and section 11 of the Act, revoke the existing fishing closure for Trout and Salmon and give notice of the following fishing closure for Trout and Salmon. Dated this 17th day of January 2020 Peter Turnell, Acting Deputy Director General DPI Fisheries Department of Primary Industries (within the Department of Planning, Industry & Environment) Part 1 Preliminary 1. Name of Notification This notification is the Fisheries Management (Trout and Salmon) (Fishing Closure) Notification 2019 (No. 2). 2. Commencement and duration This notification commences on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette and will remain in force for 5 years commencing on the date of publication. 3. Revocation Pursuant to section 11 of the Act, the Fisheries Management (Trout and Salmon) (Fishing Closure) Notification 2019 –published in NSW Government Gazette No. 41 of 2 May 2019 at pages 1352 to 1354 is revoked, as is any notification revived as a result of this revocation. 4. Definitions In this notification: 1 artificial flies or lures does not include the use of dough based baits or any other similar artificial or manufactured bait product. attended rod and line means a rod and line that is within a person’s line of sight and that person remains within 50 metres of the rod and line. -
Scoping Options for Mitigating Cold Water Discharges from Dams
CSIRO LAND and WATER Scoping Options for Mitigating Cold Water Discharges from Dams Dr Bradford Sherman Report to: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia, NSW Fisheries, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, and NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation as part of the NHT Murray-Darling 2001 FishRehab Program. CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra Consultancy Report 00/21, May 2000 Scoping Options for Mitigating Cold Water Discharges From Dams Dr Bradford Sherman CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra Consultancy Report 00/21, May 2000 Report to: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia, NSW Fisheries, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, and NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation as part of the NHT Murray-Darling 2001 FishRehab Program. Cold discharge mitigation final report 3 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 7 2 THE PROBLEM...................................................................................................................................... 10 3 IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIVE FISH ................................................................................................ 11 4 AUSTRALIAN MANAGEMENT INTEREST IN THE PROBLEM............................................... 12 5 LITERATURE REVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS – RIVER HEAT BUDGET .........................................................................