Lachlan region

The Lachlan region lies west of the Great Dividing Range in central NSW, extending across 90,000 km² from the Great Dividing Range near Gunning in the east to the junction of the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers near Oxley in the west. The region is the traditional lands of the Barkandji, Nari Nari, Ngiyampaa, Wiradjuri and Yita Yita Nations.

The water sharing plans that apply to the surface water and groundwater resources of the Lachlan region are listed below.

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Select a water sharing plan Belubula Regulated River Water Sources 2012 Lachlan Alluvial Groundwater Sources 2020 Lachlan Regulated River Water Source 2016 Lachlan Unregulated Water Sources 2012 NSW Murray–Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2020

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Water Sharing Plan (WSP)	Supporting documentation	Commence date	Cease date	Prior Water Sharing Plan and status
Lachlan Alluvial Groundwater Sources 2020 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background documents (2020)	July, 2020	June, 2030	Lower Lachlan Groundwater Sources 2003 Status: Replaced Archived background document: N/A Lachlan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012 Status: Amended (to remove alluvial water sources) Archived background document (2016)
Lachlan Regulated River Water Source 2016 Status: In force	N/A	July, 2016	June, 2026	N/A
Belubula Regulated River Water Sources 2012 Status: In force	Rule summary sheet Background document (2013)	October, 2012	June, 2023	N/A
Lachlan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 20201 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets   Background document (2012)	September, 2012	June, 2023	Lachlan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012 Status: Amended (to remove alluvial water sources)
NSW Murray–Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2020 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document (2020)	July, 2020	June, 2030	NSW Murray–Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2011 Status: Replaced Archived background document (2012)

^{1. The versions of the plan available on this link page is not authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel. While Parliamentary Counsel are working to update the web page versions for these plans on the NSW legislation website, access is being provided by these links to consolidated versions of the plans supplied by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. These versions include amendments commencing from 1 July 2020.}