Final Namoi Regional Water Strategy
The Namoi Regional Water Strategy was adopted in June 2023.
Public consultation 1
The first draft Namoi Regional Water Strategy, which considers current and future water needs and water security risks, was on public exhibition from 3 March – 16 May 2021.
The draft strategy was a set of 3 documents:
A comprehensive engagement and consultation program accompanied the release of the draft strategy. This included:
- face-to-face meetings
- online webinars
- formal submissions.
What we heard
Over 120 stakeholders participated in the engagement program and 39 formal submissions were received. Key themes that emerged during this consultation include water security, inclusion of Aboriginal water rights, interests and access to water, groundwater management and quality, climate conditions and change, ecosystems, river health and connectivity, and sustainable allocation and water sharing.
Submissions
We are sharing collected community and stakeholder submissions for the region along with cultural and general submissions.
- Submission 1 Tamworth Council (PDF 2.8 MB)
- Submission 2 National Parks Tamworth-Namoi Branch (PDF 1.5 MB)
- Submission 3 (PDF 106.0 KB)
- Submission 4 (PDF 134.1 KB)
- Submission 5 Woolcott Group (PDF 692.9 KB)
- Submission 6 (PDF 275.0 KB)
- Submission 7 (PDF 308.0 KB)
- Submission 8 Namoi Unlimited (PDF 362.6 KB)
- Submission 9 CEWO (PDF 3.8 MB)
- Submission 10 (PDF 308.0 KB)
- Submission 11 (PDF 109.5 KB)
- Submission 12 (PDF 144.2 KB)
- Submission 13 (PDF 147.7 KB)
- Submission 14 (PDF 117.6 KB)
- Submission 15 (PDF 212.1 KB)
- submission 16 (PDF 1.8 MB)
- Submission 17 (PDF 159.8 KB)
- Submission 18 Peel Valley Water Users (PDF 732.0 KB)
- Submission 19 Peel Valley Water Users (PDF 1.6 MB)
- Submission 20 Nature Conservation Council (PDF 146.4 KB)
- Submission 21 Healthy Rivers Dubbo (PDF 620.0 KB)
- Submission 22 Tamworth Water Security Alliance (PDF 331.0 KB)
- Submission 23 Inland Drivers Network (PDF 333.2 KB)
- Submission 24 Aust Floodplain Assoc (PDF 110.9 KB)
- Submission 25 NTS Corp (PDF 4.4 MB)
Public consultation 2
After incorporating the feedback from the community and doing further analysis, the draft Namoi Regional Water Strategy was on a second public exhibition from Monday, 22 August until Sunday, 18 September 2022. The second draft was a set of two documents:
What we heard
In the second round of the public exhibition of Namoi Regional Water Strategy, 112 stakeholders participated, and we received 23 formal submissions.
Key themes that emerged during this consultation include:
- Supporting the long-term needs of Tamworth and regional towns
- Supporting regional communities in uncertain times
- Improving the health and resilience of water-dependent ecosystems
- Implementing the strategy
Submissions
We are sharing collected community and stakeholder submissions for the region along with cultural and general submissions.