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Commonwealth accreditation stage
Submitted April 2020
Withdrawn August 2021
Resubmitted September 2022
Commonwealth accreditation
All NSW Water Resource Plans (WRPs) were submitted in 2020 to the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to assess the plan against accreditation requirements of the Basin Plan 2012. Where plans have been submitted (and not withdrawn), a copy of the submitted Plan and the schedules and appendices is available on the MDBA website. The MDBA is progressing its assessment of NSW WRPs and notifying NSW on the outcome of this assessment. Where further work is required to address accreditation requirements, NSW WRPs are being withdrawn and will be resubmitted. At the time of withdrawal, the submitted documents are removed from the MDBA website. Refer to the Water Resource Plans–status: Water in New South Wales page for the status of each plan.
Changes made to the draft plan based on feedback from public consultation and the MDBA’s preliminary advice is provided in the summary of changes (PDF, 331.46 KB) fact sheet.
Water sharing plans continue to be the legal instrument for managing water resources in NSW. Water resource plans are put in place to implement the Commonwealth Basin Plan 2012.
What area does the plan cover?
The Murrumbidgee Alluvium Water Resource Plan covers groundwater within the alluvial deposits Murrumbidgee River, including its tributaries and anabranches from the Jugiong in the east to Balranald in the west extremity. It also includes the alluvial deposits of the internally draining Lake George catchment.
The Murrumbidgee Alluvium (GW9) is composed of the following four sustainable diversion limit resource units (SDL resource units):
- Lake George Alluvium (GS21)
- Mid-Murrumbidgee Alluvium (GS31)
- Lower Murrumbidgee Alluvium Shallow (GS28a)
- Lower Murrumbidgee Alluvium Deep (GS28b).
Public exhibition
Public exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Alluvium (WRP) is now closed. All submissions have been reviewed by the NSW Department of Planning and the Environment. Public information sessions were held at Darlington Point and Wagga Wagga in November 2018.
The following respondents agreed to have their submissions published on this website. Note that not 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. 1,026KB)Draft plan, schedules and appendices
- Draft Murrumbidgee Alluvium Water Resource Plan
- Schedule A - Draft Murrumbidgee Alluvial Groundwater Water Sharing Plan for WRP
- Schedule C - Draft Murrumbidgee Alluvium WRP Consultation Report
- Schedule D - Draft Risk Assessment for the Murrumbidgee Alluvium WRP Area
- Schedule E - Draft Incident Response Guide for the Murrumbidgee Alluvium WRP Area
- Schedule F - Draft Murrumbidgee Alluvium Water Quality Management Plan
- Schedule H Draft NSW Groundwater Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Plan
- Murrumbidgee Alluvium Water Resource Plan Area Resource Description
If you require assistance in reading these documents, please contact 1300 081 047 or water.enquiries@dpie.nsw.gov.au