The NSW Government has committed to delivering its obligations under the Basin Plan 2012. We have developed 20 water resource plans for NSW.
Stages of a water resource plan
Public exhibition - pending, on exhibition, closed
Commonwealth accreditation - pending, submitted, withdrawn, accredited
Accredited
Murrumbidgee Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Accredited in November 2023. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
Intersecting Streams Surface Water Resource Plan
Accredited in November 2023. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
Murray Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Accredited in August 2023. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
Lachlan Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Accredited in August 2023. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
Darling Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Accredited in June 2023. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
Macquarie-Castlereagh Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Accredited in December 2022. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
NSW MDB Porous Rock Water Resource Plan
Accredited in December 2022. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
NSW MDB Fractured Rock Water Resource Plan
Accredited in November 2022. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
NSW Border Rivers Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Accredited in September 2022. Learn more about the draft process and the accredited plan.
Resubmitted
Macquarie-Castlereagh Surface Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in October 2023. Learn more about the draft process.
NSW Border Rivers Surface Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in August 2023. Learn more about the draft process.
NSW Murray and Lower Darling Surface Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in August 2023. Learn more about the draft process.
Lachlan Surface Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in August 2023. Learn more about the draft process.
NSW Namoi Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in October 2022. Learn more about the draft process.
Murrumbidgee Surface Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in September 2022. Learn more about the draft process.
Gwydir Alluvium Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in September 2022. Learn more about the draft process.
NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan
Resubmitted in July 2022. Learn more about the draft process.
Withdrawn
Barwon-Darling Watercourse Water Resource Plan
Withdrawn in May 2023. Learn more about the draft process.
Gwydir Surface Water Resource Plan
Withdrawn in May 2023. Learn more about the draft process.
Namoi Surface Water Resource Plan
Withdrawn in May 2023. Learn more about the draft process.