Public register of water information

The NSW Government is committed to improving transparency about how we share, allocate and manage water.

That’s why we’re developing a ‘one stop shop’ model for increasing the accessibility, availability and usability of water-related information. This follows broad stakeholder consultation, including the release of a discussion paper in 2018 Transparency measures Consultation paper which indicated that there is strong support for a single register of information about non-urban water.

Currently, there are multiple water information registers owned by different government agencies.

Registers currently available

1. 

   Environmental water dashboard and analysis

   Provides data and analysis on held and planned environmental water in NSW.

2. 

   Water Access Licence register

   Maintained by Land Registry Services, this registry gives information on water access licences in New South Wales, including share component, extraction component, source, conditions and ownership.

3. 

   NSW Water register

   Maintained by WaterNSW, this register provides information about water licences, approvals, applications for approval which are advertised, water trading, water dealings, environmental water and other matters related to water entitlements in NSW. It brings together information from WaterNSW’s other public registers.

4. 

   Commonwealth Environmental Water Holdings

   Maintained by the Commonwealth Environment Water Holder, this register provides information about Commonwealth Holdings in each catchment.

5. 

   Environmental water register

   Provides information on environmental water holdings for water users and the general public.