A draft NSW Murray Regional Water Strategy was on public exhibition from Wednesday 22 May until Sunday 14 July 2024 and has now closed.
Consultation paper
The draft NSW Murray Regional Water Strategy is a set of two documents:
Supporting documents
There are 4 reports that detail the climate and hydrological modelling as well as the economic assessments for the draft NSW Murray Regional Water Strategy. These results intend to inform public understanding and discussion about the shortlisting of options that are presented in the draft NSW Murray Regional Water Strategy:
Further information on the methods of developing and implementing the department’s paleo-stochastic climate data can be found by visiting: Climate risk data and water modelling
Background information
Previous versions of the draft NSW Murray Regional Water Strategy as well as information about past engagement can be found by visiting the what we heard page.
Public information sessions
Given the inter-connectedness of the NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee regions, and the significant overlap in communities and stakeholder groups, engagement for the strategies is occurring in parallel. Both strategies were on public exhibition from 22 May until 14 July 2024.
Webinars
Watch the recorded webinar
Wednesday 12 June 2024 – An overview of the regional water strategies program, specific challenges and shortlisted actions for both the draft NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee Regional Water Strategies regions.
Watch the recorded webinar
Friday 14 June 2024 – An overview of the regional water strategies program, specific challenges and shortlisted actions for both the draft NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee Regional Water Strategies regions.
Face to face information sessions
Sessions were held in the following towns:
- Wagga Wagga, Tuesday 4 June 2024
- Griffith, Wednesday 5 June 2024
- Deniliquin, Thursday 6 June 2024
- Albury, Friday 7 June 2024
- Queanbeyan, Monday 17 June 2024
- Wentworth, Tuesday 18 June 2024
Contact us
Please email the department at regionalwater.strategies@dpie.nsw.gov.au if you have any questions.
Next steps
Following public consultation, we will consider the feedback received during community consultation and finalise the strategy by mid 2025. We will also develop an implementation plan that will set out when we plan to commence each action and what we plan to achieve by when.
