Draft Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2025
Following important community feedback from the public exhibition period, the department has updated the draft prescribed wetlands map for this plan.
The updated map closed for comment on 23 March 2025.
The public exhibition of the draft Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2025 ran from Monday 4 November to Friday 10 January 2025. Comments on the proposed prescribed wetlands ran from Monday 11 November 2024 to 2 February 2025.
The water sharing plan establishes rules for water management including the limit of the total volume of water that can be extracted from the Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources.
Water sharing plans are subject to review every 10 years under the Water Management Act 2000. The current Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2012 will expire on 30 June 2025.
The public exhibition period provides opportunities for water users, stakeholders and other interested parties to learn more about proposed changes in the draft plan, and to make submissions and comment on the draft. Feedback and issues raised during the public exhibition phase will be considered when finalising the plan.
The finalised plan is proposed to commence on or before 1 July 2025.
Download the draft Water Sharing Plan for Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2025.
View the plan map for water source boundaries and other key features.
Read the background documents and accompanying fact sheets.
Assistance
If you require assistance reading these documents, please contact 1300 081 047 or water.enquiries@dpie.nsw.gov.au.
Public information sessions
Face-to-face and online sessions were held by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water where staff provided an update on the proposed changes to the water sharing plan and answered your questions.
Watch the webinar
15 November 2024 – A webinar was held about the proposed changes to the draft Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Rivers Water Sources 2025.
Watch the webinar
18 November 2024 – A webinar was held about the proposed changes to the draft Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Rivers Water Sources 2025.
Updated prescribed wetlands maps
Revised maps were open for for comment until 23 March 2025. Below you can find the webinar and supporting information on the updated prescribed wetlands maps.
Supporting information
Watch the webinar
12 March 2025– A webinar was held to give an update on revised wetland maps for 6 regional draft water sharing plans: Barwon-Darling Unregulated, Lachlan Unregulated, Gwydir Unregulated, Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Unregulated, Murrumbidgee Unregulated, and the Namoi and Peel Unregulated.