While Sydney’s water situation is now not critical, communities in the Murray Valley have only six weeks supply of water left after record droughts, the NSW government says.
NSW Climate Change, Environment and Water Minister Phil Koperberg, who visited the region earlier this week, said alternative sources of water for the region were now under consideration.
Mr Koperberg said he had met with local irrigators and other members of the community to discuss the crisis.
The governement is now considering a range of options to assist local communities including borrowing water from the Murrumbidgee Valley or Snowy Mountains scheme.
