Review schedule

Water sharing plans currently under review

We are currently reviewing the:

• Water Sharing Plan for the Brunswick Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Clarence River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Macleay Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Nambucca Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the North Coast Coastal Sands Groundwater Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the North Coast Fractured and Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the South Coast Groundwater Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Regulated River Water Source 2016

We expect to complete our review reports for these plans by the end of April 2025.

Upcoming water sharing plan reviews

We have called for submissions to the following inland regulated water sharing plans:

• Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Regulated River Water Source 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie and Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Upper Namoi and Lower Namoi Regulated River Water Sources 2016

Submissions can be made to the Commission until 23rd February 2025. Further information is available here.

We expect to complete our review reports for these plans by the end of October 2025.

Future water sharing plan reviews

We will be calling for submission to the following coastal water sharing plans in late 2025:

• Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Regulated River Water Source 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source 2019
• Water Sharing Plan for the Clyde River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Tuross River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Deua River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Snowy Genoa Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016

We expect to complete our review reports for these plans by the first half of 2026.

Completed reviews

We have recently completed reviews of the following water sharing plans:

• Water Sharing plans for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated River Water Sources 2016
• Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2016

Final reports have been submitted to the Minister for Water and Minister for the Environment.

All final reports will be available on this website following a response from the Minister for Water, or six months after the report is submitted to the Minister’s office, whichever occurs first.