Plans and programs

Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program

Improving the standard of water and sewerage services provided to 63 Aboriginal communities in NSW.

Securing a future where water for Aboriginal people is embedded within the water planning and management approach in NSW.

Find out about the climate cycles and cease to flow periods for the last 130 years in the Barwon-Darling region.

The Department of Planning and Environment regulates floodplain harvesting through licensing, measurement and management.

The NSW Government has developed the Greater Sydney Water Strategy, which charts a direction for delivering sustainable and resilient water

The scheme was built to protect life and property from the impacts of flooding to the Hunter community.

We are working with joint private works schemes to deliver clearer, simpler rules and regulations for schemes

The NSW Government is seeking ideas from the community about the potential to expand recreation activities at Prospect Reservoir.

Our two metropolitan water plans provide Sydney and the Lower Hunter with more sustainable and resilient water supplies.

In a first for NSW, a long-term strategy has been developed to better protect and share the state’s vital groundwater resources.

A 20-year state-wide strategy to improve the security of our water resources.

Sustainable and integrated water resource management for the benefit of present and future generations.

The department is responsible for facilitating and regulating Snowy Hydro Limited’s operation of the Snowy scheme in line with the Snowy

A two-year program working together with the sector to identify long-term solutions to the key barriers facing local water utilities.

We manage and implement co-funding programs to assist in the delivery of water and sewerage infrastructure in regional NSW.

Water is critical to the health, resilience, liveability and economic sustainability of regional and metropolitan communities.

Water recovery projects can provide additional water for productive and environmental purposes.

Water resource plans must be prepared and submitted for assessment to meet our commitment to the Commonwealth's Basin Plan.

Water sharing plans are a statutory obligation under the Water Management Act 2000.