Table 1
Groundwater available in 2018 under the 2017 controlled allocation order Water sharing plan
| Water sharing plan | Water source | Quantity of unit shares per water source | Minimum bid price per unit share $ |
| NSW Murray Darling Basin (MDB) Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2011 | Adelaide Fold Belt MDB Groundwater Source | 1,035 | 500 |
| Kanmantoo Fold Belt MDB Groundwater Source | 2,805 | 500 | |
| Lachlan Fold Belt MDB Groundwater Source1 | 37,168 | 650 | |
| Yass Catchment Groundwater Source | 842 | 500 | |
| New England Fold Belt MDB Groundwater Source | 5,727 | 750 | |
| NSW Murray Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2011 | Sydney Basin MDB Groundwater Source | 6,385 | 650 |
| Gunnedah-Oxley Basin MDB Groundwater Source2 | 17,175 | 650 | |
| Western Murray Porous Rock Groundwater Source | 30,316 | 500 | |
| North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2011 | Adelaide Fold Belt North Western Groundwater Source | 4,557 | 500 |
| Kanmantoo Fold Belt North Western Groundwater Source | 4,190 | 500 | |
| Greater Metrolpolitan Region Groundwater Sources 2011 | Coxs River Fractured Rock Groundwater Source | 1,051 | 650 |
| Goulburn Fractured Rock Groundwater Source | 6,798 | 650 | |
| Metropolitan Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 4,066 | 500 | |
| Sydney Basin Central Groundwater Source | 6,354 | 500 | |
| Sydney Basin Nepean Groundwater Source3 | 14,525 | 650 | |
| Sydney Basin North Groundwater Source | 2,897 | 750 | |
| Sydney Basin South Groundwater Source | 10,354 | 660 | |
| Sydney Basin Blue Mountains Groundwater Source | 1,056 | 500 | |
| NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Groundwater Sources 2011 | GAB Central Shallow Groundwater Source | 875 | 500 |
| GAB Surat Shallow Groundwater Source | 2,325 | 500 | |
| GAB Warrego Shallow Groundwater Source | 5,010 | 500 | |
| North Coast Coastal Sands Groundwater Sources 2016 | Bellinger-Nambucca Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 118 | 500 |
| Clarence Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 420 | 500 | |
| Coffs Harbour Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 311 | 500 | |
| Great Lakes Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 1,600 | 500 | |
| Hastings Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 710 | 500 | |
| Hawkesbury to Hunter Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 2,045 | 500 | |
| Macleay Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 1,130 | 500 | |
| Manning-Camden Haven Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 330 | 500 | |
| Richmond Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 1,900 | 500 | |
| Tweed-Brunswick Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 1,850 | 500 | |
| North Coast Fractured and Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2016 | Clarence Moreton Basin Groundwater Source | 29,575 | 500 |
| Dorrigo Basalt Groundwater Source | 500 | 500 | |
| Liverpool Ranges Basalt Coast Groundwater Source | 400 | 500 | |
| Lorne Basin Groundwater Source | 945 | 500 | |
| New England Fold Belt Coast Groundwater Source | 4,985 | 500 | |
| North Coast Volcanics Groundwater Source | 1,060 | 500 | |
| Oxley Basin Coast Groundwater Source | 960 | 500 | |
| South Coast Groundwater Sources 2016 | Lachlan Fold Belt Coast Groundwater Source | 2,000 | 500 |
| South East Coastal Sands Groundwater Source | 560 | 500 | |
| Sydney Basin-South Coast Groundwater Source | 2,100 | 500 |
1 The Lachlan Fold Belt MDB (Other) Management Zone is within this water source. See the “Important note” in the Terms and Conditions set out in Schedule 2 of the 2017 Order. Participants should be aware that rules in the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray Darling Basin (MDB) Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2011 for the Lachlan Fold Belt MDB Groundwater Source, mean that access licences are only likely to be granted in the Lachlan Fold Belt MDB (Other) Management Zone.
2 The Gunnedah-Oxley Basin MDB (Other) Management Zone is within this water source. See the “Important note” in the Terms and Conditions. Participants should be aware that rules in the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2011 for the Gunnedah-Oxley Basin MDB Groundwater Source, mean that access licences are only likely to be granted in the Gunnedah-Oxley (Other) Management Zone.
3 The Nepean Management Zone 2 is within this water source. Participants should be aware that rules in the Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Sources 2011 for the Sydney Basin Nepean Groundwater Source, mean that access licences are only likely to be granted in Nepean Management Zone 2.