Richard Wass

[Richard Wass @RichardWass10]

@Hugh_96 @soupercocky @abcnews @abcsport They hate rugby

[Richard Wass @RichardWass10]

@tomchesson01 @dirtwork69 Lots on the Macquarie at the moment

[Matt Whittaker @MattWhittaker15]

@tomchesson01 @MartinMurray_Ag @stukhan @Jeremy_Morton_ @jesskatedavis And the real kicker, the grazier in the article was pumping that first flow for irrigation before it even got to the north marsh 🤦‍♂️

[Macq Food & Fibre @MacqFoodnFibre]

Burrendong Dam effective storage at 86.6% this morning which is great for the environment and all water users.
It’s good to understand where that water is used and this is a great resource for simply understanding where a full Burrendong will go.

[Richard Wass @RichardWass10]

@Rossf93 I spoke to two other good HP clients over the weekend. None of us received a reminder, not a phone call, not even an email 4 weeks ago. Shit customer service IMO

[Tony Quigley @QuigTony]

@goldiemurie @Peter_Fitz @frankelly08 You are right, the public should know that irrigators have extracted only 17percent of total Macquarie system flows and left 83 percent for the environment over the past 10 years. This is way below their Sustainable Diversion Limit of 28 percent of flows equal to 391,900 ML/year.

[Matt Norrie @matt_norrie]

Looks like there is floodplain harvesting in the south & caught up in it is @helendalton22 no less. FPH is defined by “the impoundment of water flowing overland”. Maybe we need to bring that FPH reg back so we can all get licensed & metered.

[GVIA @GwydirValley]

Some good #facts ⁦@MacqFoodnFibre⁩ and worth a listen. Important to point out exemption regulation is state-wide doesn’t allow for new take or illegal works, it’s clear in the regs they need to be eligible as per Water Act via https://t.co/JXxawKT42B https://t.co/PoSpkN0D2t

[Richard Wass @RichardWass10]

@MaryanneSlatte1 @mjrowland68 @D_LittleproudMP @BreakfastNews Maryanne, they market will dictate what crop I grow. Get real!!

[Richard Wass @RichardWass10]

This was play on!!

[Macq Food & Fibre @MacqFoodnFibre]

@Namoiwater @melindapaveyMP @JohnBarilaroMP How do we expect to build resilient communities without continuous improvement of water resources. As it stands, we will be stuck in 2012 in perpetuity.

[GVIA @GwydirValley]

Its a NSW state wide policy that hasn’t considered the state wide implications of its implementation, outside of the northern valleys - it’s redefining all irrigators as floodplain harvesters #fail

[Macq Food & Fibre @MacqFoodnFibre]

@SimonCotter62 @RealAusFarmers @GusWhyte @australian Some poorly informed and 'clickbaity' media over the weekend, belies the many efforts to manage a historic drought. Dubbo has town water secured till the summer of 20-21.

[Corey Blacksell @CoreyBlacksell]

Comparison of cancer incidence in Australian farm residents 45 years and over, compared to rural non-farm and urban residents - a data linkage study

@tonymahar @agintegrity @afsnsw @schaefm67

https://t.co/8Wv530jchO

[Matt Norrie @matt_norrie]

@thelandnews Classic @p_hannam. In the whole article that covers many issues related to impacts of record drought, not once mentioned that last summer 130GL was delivered to the Macquarie Marshes that otherwise would have been dry all summer in pre-development conditions. #selectivejournalism

[Jeremy Morton 🌾🐸🦆🚜🐟🐂 @Jeremy_Morton_]

A wealth of water wasted https://t.co/CB4bdSBmzQ

[Matt Norrie @matt_norrie]

@BenOquist @maxphillips @MaryanneSlatte1 @TheAusInstitute Quite timely for this report to come out, the current drought & lack of any inflows highlights that Broken Hill would have run out of water this coming summer & the water quality that would have been coming from Menindee now would have been quite poor. Pipeline built just in time

[Matt Norrie @matt_norrie]

Interesting. The Northern Basin rejected the business case for govt owned meters 5 yr ago, not because we didn’t want accurate metering - absolutely we did but rejected because it came with 3% reduction of reliability of water by creation of new CEWH license.

[Sam Heagney @samheagney]

@FarmerGabs I wonder if they visited the Macquarie marshes, or Gwydir wetlands which have been among the beneficiaries of the $13b in government spending - at the expense of regional communities?

[Matt Norrie @matt_norrie]

@ABCRural In one year since @NRAR began, 4000 complaints have lead to 9 prosecutions.

That’s 0.225% of all complaints.

That means that 99.775% (or better) of water users are doing the right thing.

Keep up the good work farmers & @NRAR