Photo: Healthy Rivers Dubbo
The NSW Government’s decision not to proceed with a proposal to hold more water in Burrendong Dam’s flood mitigation zone has been welcomed by environmental advocates, but debate continues across the Macquarie/Wambuul system, including communities downstream in Warren.
Healthy Rivers Dubbo, a community-based group advocating for the protection of the Wambuul-Macquarie River, said the proposal – which it claims was supported by some western councils and sections of the cotton industry – risked increasing uncontrolled flooding through Wellington, Dubbo and further downstream into the Warren district…