Water Sharing Plan Unregulated River Water Sources in New South Wales

Polygon features define unregulated river water sources under New South Wales Water Sharing Plans. The dataset is derived from In Force gazetted plans under the NSW Water Management Act 2000. Spatial Services within the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water published the data on 28/08/2024.

Use Cases

• Map water source boundaries based on gazetted Water Sharing Plans.
• Aggregate plan boundaries for specific regions using the Water_Sharing_Plan field.
• Support regulatory compliance and water resource management for unregulated river systems.

Strengths

• Data is officially derived from In Force gazetted Water Sharing Plans.
• Spatial reference system is explicitly defined as GDA94.
• Initial publication and data currency date is 28/08/2024.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water

Collection Method

Derived from In Force gazetted Water Sharing Plans.

Freshness

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

Geography

New South Wales, Australia