Historic Environmental Flow Monitoring in NSW Rivers, 1995 Onwards

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water provides historic ecological data from environmental flows projects across New South Wales, Australia, since 1995. The data is an umbrella collection for projects like the Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows (IMEF) program, covering regulated rivers including the Gwydir, Namoi, Hunter, Macquarie, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, and Barwon Darling Rivers. The dataset is stored as PDF files and was last updated on June 12, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term ecological trends based on monitoring data collected since 1995.
• Assessing the impact of environmental water releases on specific river systems mentioned in the description.
• Comparing ecological responses across the seven named regulated rivers in NSW.
• Informing water policy and management decisions based on historic monitoring program data.

Strengths

• Data collection spans from 1995, providing a long-term perspective.
• Covers ecological monitoring across seven major regulated river systems in NSW.
• Managed by a state government department (NSW DCCEEW).

Limitations

• Data is stored as PDF files, which may hinder machine-readability and analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Collected under various environmental flows projects, including the Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows (IMEF) program.

Time Range

Since 1995

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-12 07:50:01.133119; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Regulated rivers in New South Wales, Australia, including the Gwydir, Namoi, Hunter, Macquarie, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, and Barwon Darling Rivers.