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Draft water sharing plans

All draft water sharing plans are placed on public exhibition to enable community members and other interested parties to comment. When all these contributions have been considered, the plan is formally gazetted by the Minister and becomes a legal document under the Water Management Act 2000. Once a water sharing plan is formally commenced, the rules apply within the plan area.

In most instances the plan commences within a short time after its gazettal. A full list of commenced water sharing plans and associated documents is located on this website under Commenced water sharing plans.

Draft Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources Water Sharing Plan – public exhibition closed

The public exhibition period for the draft water sharing plan for the Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources has now closed. All submissions will be taken into account in the finalisation of the statutory plan which will be in place for ten years.

The draft plan includes rules for protecting the environment, water extraction, managing licence holders' water accounts and water trading in 40 water sources. For more information on the draft plan, the following documents are available:

Report cards for each water source:

Munmurra River	Widden Brook	Isis River
Krui River	Bylong River	Upper Hunter River
Wollar Creek	Rouchel Brook	Bow River
Upper Goulburn River	Muswellbrook	Merriwa River
Lower Goulburn River	Jerrys	Halls Creek
Dart Brook	Glennies	Baerami Creek
Pages River	Glendon Brook	Luskintyre
Martindale Creek	Lower Wollombi Brook	Singleton
Doyles Creek	Black Creek	Wallis Creek
Paterson/Allyn Rivers	Williams River	Newcastle
North Lake Macquarie	Upper Paterson	Dora Creek
South Lake Macquarie	Upper Wollombi Brook	Regulated River Alluvial Water Sources
Tidal Pool Water Sources

In addition, the following general information is also available on the macro planning process:

Draft Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources Water Sharing Plan – public exhibition closed

The public exhibition period for the draft water sharing plan for the Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources closed on 21st December 2007. Submissions are now being considered. All submissions will be taken into account in the finalisation of the statutory plan.

The draft plan includes rules for protecting the environment, water extraction, managing licence holders' water accounts and water trading in 21 water sources. For more information on the draft plan, the following documents are available:

Report cards for each water source:

Avon River	Lower Barnard River	Rowleys River
Lower Barrington/Gloucester Rivers	Manning Estuary Tributaries	Upper Barnard River
Upper Barrington River	Manning River Tidal Pool	Upper Manning River
Bowman River	Lower Manning River	Myall Lakes
Cooplacurripa River	Mid Manning River	Myall River
Dingo Creek	Myall Creek	Coolongolook River
Upper Gloucester River	Nowendoc River	Wallamba River

In addition, the following general information is also available on the macro planning process:

Draft NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Sharing Plan - public exhibition closed

The public exhibition period for the draft water sharing plan for the Border Rivers closed on 12th October 2007. Submissions are now being considered. All submissions will be taken into account in the finalisation of the statutory plan.

The draft plan includes rules for protecting the environment, water extraction, managing licence holders' water accounts and water trading. For more information on the draft plan, the following documents are available: