Water Resource Plans - status

The NSW Government has committed to delivering its obligations under the Murray–Darling Basin Plan, and is developing 20 water resource plans (WRP) across the state.

The list of water resource plans and their status is below.

To find out about upcoming and previous engagement including water resource plans, visit stakeholder engagement.

Stages of a Water Resource Plan

Public exhibition - pending, on exhibition, closed
Commonwealth accreditation - pending, submitted, accredited

Find a plan

Select region Barwon-Darling watercourse Darling Alluvium Gwydir Alluvium Gwydir surface water Intersecting Streams surface water Lachlan Alluvium Lachlan surface water Macquarie-Castlereagh Alluvium Macquarie-Castlereagh surface water Murray Alluvium NSW Murray and Lower Darling surface water Murrumbidgee Alluvium Murrumbidgee surface water NSW Border Rivers Alluvium NSW Border Rivers surface water NSW MDB Fractured Rock NSW GAB Shallow NSW MDB Porous Rock NSW Namoi Alluvium Namoi surface water

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Water Resource Plan	Public exhibition stage	Commonwealth accreditation stage
Barwon-Darling watercourse	On exhibition	Pending
Darling Alluvium	Closed	Pending
Gwydir Alluvium	Closed	Pending
Gwydir surface water	Closed	Pending
Intersecting Streams surface water	Closed	Pending
Lachlan Alluvium	Closed	Pending
Lachlan surface water	Closed	Pending
Macquarie-Castlereagh Alluvium	Closed	Pending
Macquarie-Castlereagh surface water	Closed	Pending
Murray Alluvium	Closed	Pending
NSW Murray and Lower Darling surface water	On exhibition	Pending
Murrumbidgee Alluvium	Closed	Pending
Murrumbidgee surface water	Closed	Pending
NSW Border Rivers Alluvium	Closed	Pending
NSW Border Rivers surface water	Closed	Pending
NSW MDB Fractured Rock	Closed	Pending
NSW GAB Shallow	Closed	Pending
NSW MDB Porous Rock	Closed	Pending
NSW Namoi Alluvium	Closed	Pending
Namoi surface water	On exhibition	Pending