Macquarie–Castlereagh region

The Macquarie–Castlereagh region lies west of the Great Dividing Range in central NSW and comprises the catchments of the Macquarie and Castlereagh Rivers which cover an area of around 92,000 km².  The region is the traditional lands of the Gomeroi/Kamilaroi, Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wailwan and Wiradjuri Nations.

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

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Select a water sharing plan Castlereagh Unregulated Water River Sources 2011 Macquarie-Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2012 Macquarie-Castlereagh Alluvial Groundwater Sources 2020 Macquarie-Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2016 NSW Great Artesian Basin Groundwater Sources 2020 NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Groundwater Sources 2020 NSW Murray–Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2020 NSW Murray–Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2020

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Water Sharing Plan (WSP)	Supporting documentation	Commence date	Cease date	Prior Water Sharing Plan and status
Macquarie-Castlereagh Alluvial Groundwater Sources 2020 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document 2020	July,  2020	June, 2030	Lower Macquarie Groundwater Sources 2019 Status: Replaced Archived background document: N/A Macquarie-Bogan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Source 2012 Status: Amended (to remove alluvial water sources and include rules for active management) Archived background document (2012) Castlereagh Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources  2011 Status: Amended (to remove alluvial water sources) Archived background document (2016)
Macquarie-Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2016 Status: In force	N/A	July, 2016	June, 2026	N/A
Macquarie-Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 20121 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document 2012	October, 2012	June, 2023	Macquarie-Bogan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012 Status: Amended (to remove alluvial water sources and include rules for active management)
Castlereagh Unregulated River Water Sources 20111 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document (2016)	October, 2011	June, 2022	Castlereagh Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2011 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)
NSW Murray–Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2020 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document (2020)	July, 2020	June, 2030	NSW Murray–Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2011 Status: Replaced Archived background document (2012)
NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Groundwater Sources 2020 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document (2020)	July, 2020	June, 2030	NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Groundwater Sources 2011 Status: Replaced Archived background document (2011)
NSW Great Artesian Basin Groundwater Sources 2020 Status: In force	Rule summary sheets Background document (2020) Outcome of public exhibition fact sheet	July, 2020	June, 2030	NSW Great Artesian Basin Groundwater Sources 2008 Status: Replaced Archived background document (2009)

^{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.}