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Commonwealth accreditation stage
Submitted June 2020
Withdrawn September 2021
Resubmitted June 2022
Accredited November 2023
Commonwealth accreditation
All NSW Water Resource Plans (WRPs) were submitted in 2020 to the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to assess the plan against accreditation requirements of the Basin Plan 2012. Where plans have been submitted (and not withdrawn), a copy of the submitted Plan and the schedules and appendices is available on the MDBA website. The MDBA is progressing its assessment of NSW WRPs and notifying NSW on the outcome of this assessment. Where further work is required to address accreditation requirements, NSW WRPs are being withdrawn and will be resubmitted. At the time of withdrawal, the submitted documents are removed from the MDBA website. Refer to the Water Resource Plans–status: Water in New South Wales page for the status of each plan.
Changes made to the draft plan based on feedback from public consultation and the MDBA’s preliminary advice is provided in the summary of changes (PDF, 254.38 KB) fact sheet.
Water sharing plans continue to be the legal instrument for managing water resources in NSW. Water resource plans are put in place to implement the Commonwealth Basin Plan 2012.
What areas and water sources does the plan cover?
The Intersecting Streams Surface Water Resource Plan covers all surface water in the Yanda Creek catchment and NSW portions of the Mooni River catchment, the Narran River catchment, the Culgoa River catchment, the Warrego River catchment and the Paroo River catchment.
Public exhibition
The draft Water Resource Plan, and proposed changes to the existing Water Sharing Plans, were on public exhibition from 22 July 2019 to 31 August 2019. All submissions received during this period have been reviewed by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. Public information sessions were held at Bourke, Lightning Ridge and Goodooga in August 2019.
The public exhibition period provided valuable feedback that helped develop and inform proposed changes to the Water Sharing Plan and Water Resource Plan
The following respondents agreed to have their submissions published on this website. Note that not all respondents elected to have their submissions published.
Submissions
The views expressed in the submissions are the views of the respondents. While the department seeks to ensure that offensive material is not published, the department is not responsible for the views expressed in the submissions.
Download the submissions (PDF. 1,600KB)Water sharing plan
The progress of changes to the water sharing plan as part of the water resource plan development can be found below.
July 2020
- Amended Water Sharing Plan (PDF, 1039.39 KB) for the Intersecting Streams Unregulated River Water Sources 2011
The changes between the March 2020 draft and June 2020 amended commenced plan can be seen in the track-changes document below (some changes may not be immediately visible due to template updates).
- Track change compared March 2020 to June 2020 Water Sharing Plan (PDF, 1488.79 KB) for the Intersecting Streams Unregulated River Water Sources 2011.
A report titled 'What we heard (PDF, 2088.8 KB)' has been prepared post the consultation across the NSW Murray-Darling Basin to capture key areas of feedback and provide transparency around how the issues that were raised are being addressed. It also outlines further plans and processes for addressing water sharing and management issues going forward.
March 2020
- Draft Water Sharing Plan (PDF, 1252.26 KB) for the Intersecting Streams Unregulated River Water Sources 2011
Public exhibition (July – August 2019)
- Public exhibition draft Water Sharing Plan (PDF, 1048.52 KB) for the Intersecting Streams Unregulated River Water Sources 2011
If you require assistance in reading these documents, please contact 1300 081 047 or water.enquiries@dpie.nsw.gov.au