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Macro Water Sharing Plans

Macro water plans are being prepared for unregulated rivers and groundwater in New South Wales and will include up to 28 surface water plans and 5 groundwater plans. Macro water plans are water sharing plans which apply to a number of water sources across catchments or to different types of aquifers.

These plans will generally apply to catchments where there is less intensive water use and which account for most of the remaining 20 per cent of water use not already managed by existing water sharing plans.

Macro water plans will therefore introduce the benefits of the recent water reforms to these catchments, such as healthier waterways and clearly defined entitlements to shares in the available water, separate from land ownership.