Draft water sharing plans

Draft water sharing plans for the Greater Metropolitan Region

The draft water sharing plans for the Greater Metropolitan Region unregulated river water sources and the Greater Metropolitan Region groundwater sources were on public exhibition from 7 June to 30 July 2010. Community consultation included public information sessions in the Shoalhaven/Illawarra, Hawkesbury-Nepean and Metro Sydney areas. The exhibition is now closed.

All submissions will be considered in the finalisation of the statutory plans which will be in place for ten years.

Documents relevant to the draft water sharing plans can be downloaded from this page.

Greater Metropolitan Region unregulated river water sources

The draft plan for Greater Metropolitan Region unregulated river water sources includes rules for protecting the environment, water extraction, managing licence holders' water accounts and water trading in 49 management zones. For more information the following documents are available:

• Background Document (PDF 1.5 MB)
• Draft Water Sharing Plan (Order) (PDF 3.3 MB)
• Guide to the Draft Plan (PDF 915 KB)

As a result of concerns raised during the public exhibition period in the Lower Nepean and Hawkesbury additional information has been made available for this area:

• Information for surface water users in the lower Nepean and Hawkesbury (PDF 560 KB)

Report cards for each management zone

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

• Report to assist community consultation (PDF 586 KB)
• Guidelines for surface water sharing plan report cards (2.7 MB)
• Setting the water sharing rules.

Greater Metropolitan Region groundwater sources

The draft plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region groundwater sources includes rules for protecting the environment, water extraction, managing licence holders' water accounts and water trading in 13 groundwater sources. For more information the following documents are available:

• Background Document (PDF 1.3 MB)
• Draft Water Sharing Plan (Order) (PDF 3.9 MB)
• Guide to the Draft Plan (PDF 830 KB)
• Submission form (PDF 110 KB)

Report cards for each groundwater source

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

• Guidelines for groundwater sharing plan report cards (PDF 625 KB)
• Setting the water sharing rules.