Public exhibition closed
The draft Murray Regional Water Strategy was on public exhibition from 11 April 2022 until 12 May 2022.
All submissions are currently being reviewed and feedback on the strategy overall including the long list of options presented is informing the options assessment process and finalisation of strategy documents.
Further community engagement will be undertaken following the review and assessment of all feedback.
A summary of feedback received and a copy of respondent submissions (for those respondents that have provided permission) will be published on this website in the coming months.
Thank you to those who have made a submission.
Please email the Regional Water Strategies Team regionalwater.strategies@dpie.nsw.gov.au if you would like further details about the development of this strategy.
Overview
The NSW Government is preparing regional water strategies that will bring together the best and latest climate evidence with a wide range of tools and solutions to plan and manage the water needs of NSW over the next 20 to 40 years.
A long-term regional water strategy is being developed to guide how the NSW Government can best address regional water–related challenges to support a liveable and prosperous NSW Murray region.
We have prepared this draft strategy to continue our discussions with you about the future management of water in your community. It has been prepared in consultation with local councils and Aboriginal communities.
Download a copy of the Murray Region Key Statistics Snapshot (JPG, 1404.51 KB).
Draft strategy and background information
The draft Murray Regional Water Strategy is a set of three documents:
- Regional Water Strategies Guide (PDF, 3559.18 KB)
- Draft Regional Water Strategy: Murray Strategy (PDF, 33416.38 KB)
- Draft Regional Water Strategy: Murray Long List of Options (PDF, 5454.13 KB)
More background information:
- Southern Basin Model Development fact sheet (PDF, 275.91 KB)
- Murray and Murrumbidgee FAQs (PDF, 101.06 KB)
Public information sessions
Watch the recorded webinars with an overview of the regional water strategies program, region-specific opportunities, challenges and options. The webinars included a question and answer session.
Online | Details | More information |
Webinar 1 | Thursday, 21 April | |
Webinar 2 | Tuesday, 3 May |
Public information sessions were held at:
- Albury on Tuesday, 26 April 2022
- Deniliquin on Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Griffith on Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Wagga on Friday, 29 April 2022
- Wentworth on Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Balranald on Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Tumut on Friday, 13 May 2022
- Queanbeyan on Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Contact us
If you have any questions or would like more information about our information sessions please email regionalwater.strategies@dpie.nsw.gov.au.
Next steps
We are working with communities across the state in a six-step approach to prepare and implement the Murray Regional Water Strategy.
Also available to download in high resolution JPG, 368.24 KB.