The full report for the Namoi region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (168 pages)
The Peel River, near Tamworth, NSW.
Namoi region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
The Namoi region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 5 December 2007 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
The Namoi region is in northern New South Wales and represents 3.8 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) region.
The region's population of around 88 000 people are concentrated in the major centres of:
- Tamworth
- Gunnedah
- Boggabri
- Narrabri
- Wee Waa.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
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Fast facts
- The Namoi region is one of a series of 18 regions within the Murray-Darling Basin which is being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
- The region, in northern New South Wales, represents 3.8 per cent of the total area of the Basin
- It uses 2.6 per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and 15.2 per cent of the total groundwater resource that is extracted in the Basin
