The NSW Government is investing $13 million over the next four years to continue their \u2018Cap & Pipe the Bores Program\u2019 in the Great Artesian Basin, work that has seen water pressure in the area increase for the first time in decades.
\nMinister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said the program spans across 4.2 million hectares, an area roughly the size of the land between Sydney and Cowra, and is currently saving 76 gigalitres of water per year.
\n\u201cIn 20 years we have saved 1,100 gigalitres of water from this program, or the equivalent of two Sydney Harbours,\u201d Mrs Pavey said.
\n\u201cBore water is essential for many farms and towns, helping to reduce demand on our drought-ravaged rivers and supporting a population of over 200,000 people.
\n\u201cBefore the program began, the Great Artesian Basin was being tapped by 1,400 bores, many of them decades old, with around 95 per cent of the water lost through evaporation. This significantly reduced water pressure across the Basin, resulting in many bores ceasing to flow.\u201d
\nUnder the NSW \u2018Cap and Pipe the Bores Program\u2019 leaky bores are being fixed, open collection ponds are replaced with storage tanks, open water channels replaced with pipes, and disused bores are being capped and closed.
\n\u201cSince the program\u2019s inception, 18,000km of piping has been installed, enough to go from Sydney to Perth and back again \u2013 twice, and 10,000km of bore drains removed, which is enough to go half way along the Great Wall of China,\u201d Mrs Pavey said.
\n\u201cThe NSW Government is investing a further $13 million to continue this important work and ensuring only the water needed is being drawn from the basin, safeguarding the long term sustainability of the Great Artesian Basin.\u201d
\nThe ongoing, long-term benefits of the program include:<\/p>\n
Further detail on the NSW \u2018Cap and Pipe the Bores Program\u2019 can be found at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.industry.nsw.gov.au\/water\/basins-catchments\/gab\/cap-pipe-the-bore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NSW Government is investing $13 million over the next four years to continue their \u2018Cap & Pipe the Bores Program\u2019 in the Great Artesian Basin, work that has seen water pressure in the area increase for the first time in decades. Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said the program spans across … Continue reading “WATER PRESSURE RETURNS IN THE GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}