The Targeted Salinity and Water Quality Project, funded by the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, is committed to improving water quality within Murrumbidgee River.

Operating in targeted sub-catchments within the Yass, Jugiong and Muttuma as well as the Kyeamba and Tarcutta systems, the project facilitates the implementation of on-ground works and best management practices to reduce salinity and sediment entering the Murrumbidgee River.

In addition to reducing in-stream sediment, salt loads and groundwater recharge, the project aims to improve:

• Water quality
• River and stream-bank condition
• Biodiversity
• Best management practice in grazing & cropping enterprises
• Landholder knowledge of salinity and water quality

The project provides land managers within the hotspot sub-catchments with incentives to implement best management practices. Incentive payments are offered for on-ground works such as establishing native vegetation for recharge control, fencing and sowing salt tolerant vegetation, and protecting and enhancing river/creek native riparian vegetation.