Review schedule

Inland water sharing plans currently under review

We are currently reviewing the following inland regulated water sharing plans:

• Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Regulated River Water Source 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie and Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Upper Namoi and Lower Namoi Regulated River Water Sources 2016

We expect to complete our review reports for these plans by the end of October 2025.

Future water sharing plan reviews

We will be calling for submission to the following coastal water sharing plans in late 2025:

• Water Sharing Plan for the Clyde River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Tuross River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Deua River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Snowy Genoa Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016

We expect to complete our review reports for these plans by the first half of 2026.

Completed reviews

We have completed our review of the following water sharing plans:

• Water Sharing Plan for the Brunswick Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Clarence River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Macleay Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Nambucca Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the North Coast Coastal Sands Groundwater Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the North Coast Fractured and Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the South Coast Groundwater Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Regulated River Water Source 2016

Our review reports have been submitted to the Minister for Water and will be published here.

Further information is available here.