Water Sharing Plans-Groundwater Sources: Groundwater Management Zones in NSW

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water provides a spatial dataset depicting In Force Water Sharing Plan boundaries for groundwater sources and management zones. The data is derived from plans gazetted under the NSW Water Management Act 2000 and is available in multiple GIS formats. Last updated on 2026-05-12, this dataset is shared under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones based on gazetted Water Sharing Plan boundaries.
• Analyze spatial relationships between groundwater sources and land use based on the provided geospatial data.
• Support regulatory compliance and decision-making by visualizing the authoritative plan extents.
• Integrate groundwater source boundaries into larger environmental or hydrological models.

Strengths

• Derived from official, gazetted Water Sharing Plans under the NSW Water Management Act 2000.
• Available in multiple standard GIS formats including WMS, ESRI REST, and WFS for interoperability.
• Last updated date of 2026-05-12 is provided.

Limitations

• The description explicitly states no warranty is provided for the dataset's accuracy or currency.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Best endeavours aggregation and depiction of boundaries from gazetted Water Sharing Plans.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 19:31:41.006195.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.