The removal of the first dam on Toorale National Park to enhance flows down the Warrego River and into the Darling has been completed.
\nEnvironment Minister Matt Kean said the removal of Peebles Dam would have an immediate impact on the next flow.
\n\u201cThis work should have been completed a decade ago. I\u2019ve heard the community\u2019s concerns about the time it\u2019s taken to deliver this project and I am glad it was done in time for yesterday\u2019s rain,\u201d Mr Kean said.
\n\u201cThe removal of the Dam was Phase One in improving the connection of flows down the Warrego River into the Darling River.
\n\u201cThis project will assist in ensuring water, our most precious resource, remains in the river system and is not held in unnecessary infrastructure, a legacy from Toorale\u2019s days gone by.
\n\u201cAs promised in recent stakeholder meetings the works were commenced in October and completed ahead of schedule.\u201d
\nPhase Two will begin in 2020 and includes the modification of the remaining structures on Toorale to further increase flows passing down the Warrego.
\nThe overall project will see enhanced river flows, while maintaining the important cultural and environmental values of the Toorale National Park.
\n\u201cPhase Two will also include works to improve the ability for fish to pass by the structures still in place up and down the river,\u201d Mr Kean said.
\nThis work is funded by the Commonwealth Government and will assist in managing the environmental water the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder holds in this region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The removal of the first dam on Toorale National Park to enhance flows down the Warrego River and into the Darling has been completed. Environment Minister Matt Kean said the removal of Peebles Dam would have an immediate impact on the next flow. \u201cThis work should have been completed a decade ago. I\u2019ve heard the … Continue reading “TOORALE PEEBLES DAM WORK STAGE ONE COMPLETE”<\/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-4148","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\/4148","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=4148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}