Submitted April 2020
Withdrawn June 2021
Resubmitted June 2022
Accredited December 2022
What area does the plan cover?
The NSW Murray-Darling Basin Porous Rock Water Resource Plan covers groundwater located within the sedimentary basins in the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin as well as alluvial sediments that overlie these sediments that have not been explicitly captured elsewhere.
The NSW Murray Darling Basin Porous Rock (GW6) is composed of four sustainable diversion limit resource units (SDL resource units):
- Gunnedah-Oxley Basin MDB (GS17)
- Oaklands Basin (GS38)
- Sydney Basin MDB (GS41)
- Western Porous Rock (GS50)
Commonwealth accreditation process
The NSW Government first submitted the NSW Murray-Darling Basin Porous Rock Water Resource Plan to the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) in April 2020 and resubmitted it with changes in June 2022. The plan is now operational, following its accreditation by the MDBA in December 2022.
Changes made to the draft plan based on feedback from public consultation and the MDBA’s preliminary advice are provided in the summary of changes fact sheet PDF, 266.07 KB.
- You can read the final accredited plan on the MDBA website.
Public exhibition
Public exhibition of the NSW Murray-Darling Basin Porous Rock Water Resource Plan is now closed. Public information sessions were held at Gunnedah, Orange and Yass in August 2019. All submissions have been reviewed by the department.
The following respondents agreed to have their submissions published on this website. Note that not all respondents elected to have their submissions published.
Submissions
The views expressed in the submissions are the views of the respondents. While the department seeks to ensure that offensive material is not published, the department is not responsible for the views expressed in the submissions.
Download the submissions (PDF. 912KB)If you require assistance in reading these documents, please contact 1300 081 047 or water.enquiries@dpie.nsw.gov.au