Local Water Utility Regulatory Approvals in NSW

Regulatory approvals for works under section 60 of the Local Government Act and section 292(1)(a) of the Water Management Act in New South Wales. The dataset likely contains records of approvals for water treatment works, sewage discharge, and recycled water production. It is published by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Track approval timelines for water treatment works construction based on the regulatory framework described.
• Analyze patterns in sewage discharge and treatment approvals based on the described legal provisions.
• Monitor the development of recycled water production works based on the inclusion of sewage and water management works.
• Study delegation patterns of ministerial responsibility to departmental assessment based on the described process.

Strengths

• Specific legal sections (60 of Local Government Act, 292(1)(a) of Water Management Act) define the scope.
• Publisher is a named government department (NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water).
• Last update date is precisely specified (2026-03-19 15:53:03.681623).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on NSW.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 15:53:03.681623.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia