Water Resource Plans - status

The NSW Government has committed to delivering its obligations under the Basin Plan 2012. We have developed 20 water resource plans for NSW.

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

Stages of a Water Resource Plan

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Commonwealth accreditation - pending, submitted, withdrawn, accredited

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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Barwon-Darling watercourse	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn June 2021 Resubmitted November 2022
Darling Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn June 2021 Resubmitted October 2022
Gwydir Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn May 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
Gwydir surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn May 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
Intersecting Streams surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn September 2021 Resubmitted June 2022
Lachlan Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn August 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
Lachlan surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn November 2020 Resubmitted March 2022
Macquarie-Castlereagh Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn August 2021 Resubmitted June 2022 Accredited December 2022 Read the accredited Macquarie-Castlereagh water resource plan
Macquarie-Castlereagh surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn August 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
Murray Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn June 2020 Resubmitted September 2022
NSW Murray and Lower Darling surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn May 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
Murrumbidgee Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn August 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
Murrumbidgee surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn April 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
NSW Border Rivers Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn May 2021 Resubmitted February 2022 Accredited September 2022 Read the accredited Border Rivers Alluvium water resource plan
NSW Border Rivers surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn May 2021 Resubmitted September 2022
NSW MDB Fractured Rock	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn September 2021 Accredited November 2022 Read the accredited NSW MDB Fractured Rock water resource plan
NSW GAB Shallow	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn September 2021 Resubmitted July 2022
NSW MDB Porous Rock	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn June 2021 Resubmitted June 2022 Accredited December 2022 Read the accredited NSW MDB Porous Rock water resource plan
NSW Namoi Alluvium	Closed	Submitted April 2020 Withdrawn March 2021 Resubmitted October 2022
Namoi surface water	Closed	Submitted June 2020 Withdrawn March 2021 Resubmitted November 2022