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Commenced water sharing plans

The following tables provide a list of all the water sharing plans that have commenced in NSW. Links to copies of the gazetted plan and any further information about the plan are provided in the tables. A water sharing plan is in place for ten years.

Water management area Water Sharing Plan Commencement Date
Border Rivers Tenterfield Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 835KB) (RTF 1.6MB)
July 2004
Central Coast Jilliby Jilliby Creek Gazetted Plan
(NB: see proposed amendments to plan)
Summary Guide (PDF 680KB) (RTF 694KB)		 July 2004
Central Coast Ourimbah Creek Gazetted Plan
(NB: see proposed amendments to plan)
Summary Guide (PDF 534KB) (RTF 822KB) 		July 2004
Central Coast Kulnura Mangrove Mountain Groundwater Source Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 727KB) (RTF 900KB)		 July 2004
Central West Macquarie and Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 559KB)
July 2004
Central West Castlereagh River above Binnaway Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 362KB) (RTF 1.4MB) 		July 2004
Central West Lower Macquarie Groundwater Gazetted Plan
Information on Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements Program		 October 2006
Gwydir Gwydir Regulated River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 585KB) 		July 2004
Gwydir Rocky Creek, Cobbadah, Upper Horton and Lower Horton Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 427KB) (RTF 944KB) 		July 2004
Gwydir Lower Gwydir Groundwater Gazetted Plan
Information on Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements Program		 October 2006
Hunter Regulated Hunter River Water Source Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide		 July 2004
Hunter Wybong Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 456KB) (RTF 1.6MB)		 July 2004
Hunter Tomago Tomaree Stockton Groundwater Source Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 556KB) (RTF 1MB)		 July 2004
Hunter Paterson Regulated River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 394KB)		 July 2007
Lachlan Lachlan Regulated River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 733KB)
July 2004
Lachlan Mandagery Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 379KB) (RTF 1.8MB)		 July 2004
Lachlan Lower Lachlan Groundwater Gazetted Plan
Summary guide
review by the Natural Resources Commission
Information on Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements Program 		February 2008
Lower North Coast Karuah River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 335KB) (RTF 1.9MB)		 July 2004
Mid North Coast Apsley River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 583KB) (RTF 627KB)
July 2004
Mid North Coast Commissioners Waters Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 588KB) (RTF 506KB)		 July 2004
Mid North Coast Toorumbee Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 562KB) (RTF 437KB)
 July 2004
Mid North Coast Stuarts Point Groundwater Source Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 600KB) (RTF 831KB)		 July 2004
Murray NSW Murray - Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 651KB)
July 2004
Murray Upper Billabong Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 584KB) (RTF 623KB)		 July 2004
Murray Lower Murray Groundwater Gazetted Plan
Information on Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements Program		 November 2006
Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee Regulated River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 700KB) 		July 2004
Murrumbidgee Adelong Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide ( PDF 428KB) (RTF 650KB)		 July 2004
Murrumbidgee Tarcutta Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 197KB) (RTF 832KB)		 July 2004
Murrumbidgee Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Gazetted Plan
Information on Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements Program 		October 2006
Namoi Namoi Regulated River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide(PDF 996KB) 		July 2004
Namoi Phillips Creek, Mooki River, Quirindi Creek, and Warrah Creek Water Sources Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 704KB) (RTF 1.4MB) 		July 2004
Namoi Upper and Lower Namoi Groundwater Gazetted Plan
Information sheet on the Lower Namoi Groundwater (PDF 211KB)
Information on Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements Program 		November 2006
Northern Rivers Upper Brunswick River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 561KB) (RTF 580KB)		 July 2004
Northern Rivers Coopers Creek Gazetted Plan
(NB: see proposed amendments to plan)
Summary Guide (PDF 161KB) (RTF 1.8MB)		 July 2004
Northern Rivers Alstonville Basalt Plateau Groundwater Source Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 573KB) (RTF 789KB)		 July 2004
South East Wandella Creek Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 594KB) (RTF 542KB)		 July 2004
Southern Kangaroo River Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 582KB) (RTF 947KB)		 July 2004
Upper North Coast Dorrigo Plateau Surface Water Source and the Dorrigo Basalt Groundwater Source Gazetted Plan
Summary Guide (PDF 672KB) (RTF 1.2MB)
July 2004
Upper North Coast Bellinger River Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources Gazetted Plan
Background information		 July 2008
Western NSW Great Artesian Basin Groundwater Sources Gazetted Plan July 2008