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Commonwealth accreditation stage
Submitted April 2020
Withdrawn September 2021
Resubmitted July 2022
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 Where plans have been submitted (and not withdrawn), a copy of the submitted Plan and the schedules and appendices is available on the MDBA website.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 Where further work is required to address accreditation requirements, NSW WRPs are being withdrawn and will be resubmitted.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, 230.8 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 area does the plan cover?
The NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan area covers the uppermost groundwater systems that overlie or are partly within the confining beds of the Great Artesian Basin. It includes all groundwater contained within the unconsolidated sediments regardless of depth and all other geological formations to a maximum depth of 60 m below the surface of the ground.
The NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow (GW13) is composed of three sustainable diversion limit resource units (SDL resource units):
- NSW Great Artesian Basin Surat Shallow (GS34)
- NSW Great Artesian Basin Warrego Shallow (GS35)
- NSW Great Artesian Basin Central Shallow (GS36)
Public exhibition
Public exhibition of the NSW GAB Shallow WRP is now closed. All submissions have been reviewed by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. Public information sessions were held at Bourke and Lightning Ridge in August 2019.
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. 1,491KB)Draft plan, schedules and appendices
- Draft NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan
- Schedule A - Water Sharing Plan for NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Sources
- Schedule C - Consultation Information
- Appendix G to Schedule C - Nation Report: Gomeroi
- Appendix M to Schedule C - Nation Report: Ngemba
- Schedule D - Risk Assessment information
- Schedule E - Extreme events information
- Schedule F - Water Quality Management Plan
- Schedule H - Water Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation Plan
- Appendix A - NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan Area Description
If you require assistance in reading these documents, please contact 1300 081 047 or water.enquiries@dpie.nsw.gov.au