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E-tools
- Telemetry coverage exemption e-tool
- Water Assist
- Controlled activity exemption e-tool
- E-planning spatial viewer
- Hyrdoline Data – Determine stream order
- Murray Darling Basin Water Information Portal
- Study water compliance online (TAFE eLearning course)
An introduction to water
Educational videos on water in NSW
There are a great number of educational videos available on the Water in NSW YouTube playlist. These are a great resource for informing yourself of the rules and processes in place. They are delivered in an easy to understand and enjoyable format.
Here is the link to the full playlist
Our recommended viewing:
- Water for the environment and river connectivity (video 3)
- What are basic landholder rights (video 18)
- Stages of drought (video 21)
- How water losses are calculated (video 27)
- Why are there different rules for managing water across NSW (video 28)
- How is water in NSW allocated (video 29)
There are also some excellent videos relating specifically to groundwater
Licences and approvals
- NSW water register
- Water sharing plans
- Water applications online - apply for a licence or approval
- Amend your approval – make a work inactive or active
- Inactive and active works fact sheet
- Amend your pump size online
- Contact WaterNSW
- Book a phone appointment with WaterNSW
Metering
- How to comply with the metering rules
- Non-urban metering review
- Non-urban water metering in NSW: What water users need to know
- Find a DQP/certified meter installer
- Non-urban metering – what does it mean for you fact sheet
- Telemetry fact sheet
- Rural Recovery Support Services
- Metering for at-risk groundwater sources fact sheet
- Government owned meters factsheet
- Government owned meters – reporting faulty meters fact sheet
- Government owned meters – buried meters fact sheet
- Government owned meters – meter service charge fact sheet
Water ordering
- Water ordering fact sheet
- Ordering water information
- Login to iWas
- Register for iWas
- Water order application form
- Water trade dashboard
Basic landholder rights, harvestable rights and stock and domestic
- General information - basic landholder rights including stock and domestic and harvestable rights
- Inform WaterNSW of your intention to take water under basic landholder rights
- Apply for or amend an approval for a stock and domestic bore
- Maximum harvestable rights dam calculator
Flood works and floodplain harvesting
Recording/reporting water take
Controlled activities
- Controlled activity exemptions
- Controlled activity approvals
- Guidelines for controlled activities approvals