Water Sharing Plan Groundwater Sources and Management Zones for NSW

An aggregation of In Force Water Sharing Plan (WSP) groundwater sources and management zones gazetted under the NSW Water Management Act 2000. The dataset is published and maintained by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water. Its initial and current publication date is 28/08/2024.

Use Cases

• Mapping groundwater management zones based on gazetted Water Sharing Plans.
• Analyzing water policy coverage and boundaries for hydrological studies.
• Supporting compliance and planning activities for groundwater extraction.

Strengths

• Data currency is explicitly stated as 28/08/2024.
• Spatial reference systems (GDA94 and WGS84) are clearly defined.
• The dataset is derived from official, gazetted Water Sharing Plans.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water

Collection Method

Best endeavours aggregation and depiction derived from gazetted Water Sharing Plans.

Freshness

Data Update Frequency is listed as API, with a last platform update on 2026-05-28.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia