Learn more about floodplain harvesting
A package of information has been developed to help explain the policy and legislative reform, legal limits, floodplain harvesting’s impact on river flows and how we are addressing community feedback.
Fact sheets
- History of floodplain harvesting reform in NSW
- Why the reform is vital
- Policy and legislative reform
- Overview of legal limits
- Account management rules
- River flows and climate over time
- Addressing community concerns
- Analysis of floodplain harvesting and cease-to-flow events
- Analysis of low-flow and cease-to-flow events
- Impacts of floodplain harvesting on downstream users
- History of floodplain harvesting reform in NSW
- Why the reform is vital
- Policy and legislative reform
- Overview of legal limits
- Account management rules
- River flows and climate over time
- Addressing community concerns
- Analysis of floodplain harvesting and cease-to-flow events
- Analysis of low-flow and cease-to-flow events
- Impacts of floodplain harvesting on downstream users
Infographics
Videos
The NSW Floodplain Harvesting Policy will establish a new regulatory framework to license, measure, monitor and manage floodplain harvesting. These videos give different people’s perspectives on the environmental, economic and social and cultural impacts of implementing the policy.
Water management and floodplain harvesting in northern NSW
This video provides information about why floodplain harvesting developed in northern NSW, the journey towards regulating it and why that is important to all basin water users.
These videos give different people’s perspectives on the environmental, economic and social and cultural impacts of implementing the policy.
Balancing floodplain harvesting and the environment
Economic benefits of irrigation development and floodplain harvesting in northern NSW
Social and cultural impact of irrigation development and floodplain harvesting in northern NSW
See our online library for more videos on floodplain harvesting, account management rules and rainfall runoff.
The NSW Floodplain Harvesting Policy will establish a new regulatory framework to license, measure, monitor and manage floodplain harvesting. These videos give different people’s perspectives on the environmental, economic and social and cultural impacts of implementing the policy.
Water management and floodplain harvesting in northern NSW
This video provides information about why floodplain harvesting developed in northern NSW, the journey towards regulating it and why that is important to all basin water users.
These videos give different people’s perspectives on the environmental, economic and social and cultural impacts of implementing the policy.
Balancing floodplain harvesting and the environment
Economic benefits of irrigation development and floodplain harvesting in northern NSW
Social and cultural impact of irrigation development and floodplain harvesting in northern NSW
See our online library for more videos on floodplain harvesting, account management rules and rainfall runoff.