Outcomes of public exhibition

Community insights

The public exhibition periods provided valuable feedback that helped develop and inform the draft water sharing plans.

The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has reviewed all submissions received during the public exhibition periods. The following respondents agreed to have their submissions published on this website.

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.

Feedback and issues raised during the public exhibition phase are considered when finalising a plan. A summary of what we heard during public exhibition is provided in the What we heard report.

2024

• Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022
  • Public submissions (PDF, 280.01 KB)
  • What we heard report PDF, 160.89 KB

2023

• Castlereagh Unregulated River Water Sources 2024
  • Public submissions (PDF, 2410.65 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 4660 KB)
• Intersecting Streams Unregulated River Water Sources 2024
  • Public submissions (PDF, 6166.08 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 507.61 KB)
• Lower Murray-Darling Unregulated River Water Source 2024
  • Public submissions (PDF, 1206.37 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 488.62 KB)
• Murray Unregulated River Water Sources 2024
  • Public submissions (PDF, 2681.84 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 552.68 KB)
• North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2024
  • Public submissions (PDF, 1727.92 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 627.92 KB)
• NSW Border Rivers Unregulated River Water Sources 2024
  • Public submissions (PDF, 993.17 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 427.48 KB)

2022

• Bega River Area Regulated, Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023
  • Public submissions (PDF, 12535.59 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 259.94 KB)
• Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Water Sources 2023
  • Public submissions (PDF, 10437.38 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 648.45 KB)
• Greater Metropolitan Region Unregulated Water Sources 2023
  • Public submissions (PDF, 3291.01 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 849.63 KB)
• Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023
  • Public submissions (PDF, 670.63 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 509.5 KB)
• Tweed River Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023
  • Public submissions (PDF, 2086.39 KB)
  • What we heard report (PDF, 257.13 KB)
• Towamba River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023
  • Public submissions (PDF, 857.82 KB)
  • Outcomes of public exhibition (PDF, 111.29 KB)
• Barwon-Darling Unregulated River Water Source 2012
  • Public submissions (PDF, 3999.63 KB)
  • Summary of submissions (PDF, 143.03 KB)

2021

• Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022
  • Public submissions (PDF, 8549.1 KB)
• Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022
  • Public submissions:
    • Part one (PDF, 24914.93 KB)
    • Part two (PDF, 33002.33 KB)
    • Part three (PDF, 35255.55 KB)
    • Part four (PDF, 25285.72 KB)
    • Part five (PDF, 22643.83 KB)
    • Part six (PDF, 48589.43 KB)
• Coffs Harbour Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022
  • Public submissions (PDF, 6449.09 KB)
• Central Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022
  • Public submissions (PDF, 4964.12 KB)

Pre 2020

• Darling Alluvial Groundwater Sources 2020
  • Public submissions:
    • Part one (PDF, 1742.36 KB)
    • Part two (PDF, 1396.27 KB)
    • Part three (PDF, 392.49 KB)
    • Part four (PDF, 1745.86 KB)
    • Part five (PDF, 402.29 KB)
    • Part six (PDF, 402.44 KB)
    • Part seven (PDF, 4037.35 KB)
• Bellinger River Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2020
  • Outcomes of public exhibition fact sheet (PDF, 229.87 KB)