The NSW Department of Planning and Environment is making new water access licenses available in 54 groundwater sources across NSW.

The draft NSW Groundwater Strategy, the state’s first-ever long-term roadmap for the sustainable management of its vast and precious groundwater resources.

Purchase water access licences across 55 different water sources within NSW.

A Narrabri based landholder has been fined $10,000 following prosecution by the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) for alleged breaches of the Water Management Act 2000 (WM Act).

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) is prosecuting a landholder from the western Riverina for allegedly overdrawing 2700 megalitres (ML) of water from a Water Access Licence (WAL).

The NSW Government has commenced implementation of the actions resulting from the 10-year review of the Snowy Water Licence.

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) begins the next leg of Operation Drawdown this week, targeting bores which appear to be exceeding their extraction limits.

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) will triple the number of site inspections it carries out thanks to an increase in on-ground personnel under its new Routine Monitoring Program.

The department announced a temporary water restriction for the Upper Lachlan groundwater management zone 1 in the Upper Lachlan Alluvial Groundwater Source.

The state’s independent water regulator has commenced prosecution in the Land and Environment Court of a mine operator at Maules Creek near Boggabri in the state’s north west.

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is making new water access licences available in 43 groundwater sources across NSW.

The state’s independent water regulator, the Natural Resources Access Regulator, has issued multiple fines to a Port Macquarie area water carter for allegedly taking water from the Wilson River without a water licence or approvals.