Namoi irrigators say their industries will be lost if water allocations are sucked dry

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated November 23 2018 - 6:36am, first published November 22 2018 - 7:00am
Bruce Sherwood fears his 28 year Upper Manilla dairy farming operation is under threat after WaterNSW said there was no guarantee water would be available to them from the Namoi system, even if they stored it in carryover. Pictures: Lucy Kinbacher
Bruce Sherwood fears his 28 year Upper Manilla dairy farming operation is under threat after WaterNSW said there was no guarantee water would be available to them from the Namoi system, even if they stored it in carryover. Pictures: Lucy Kinbacher

NAMOI Valley irrigators fear new restrictions on water usage are covering up a large water loss during WaterNSW’s bulk transfer further down stream. 

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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