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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Available Water Determinations (AWD) (allocation announcement)

A water allocation is the percentage of a licensed water user’s entitlement that is credited to their water account for use. We announce allocations each year on 1 July and regularly thereafter until all licence categories in a water source are fully allocated.

We allocate water using water sharing plans to ensure long-term water security and prioritised access to water across NSW. Allocations vary based on the water available in dams, river flows, and the prevailing catchment and weather conditions. In formal terms, allocations are sometimes known as Available Water Determinations.

A detailed description of the AWD process is provided on the DPE-Water website and can be accessed here.

The AWD for Supplementary licence accounts is a separate process and is not dependent on the water available. It is made once at the start of the year and unless there is a management change because of the growth in use strategy, it is maintained at the maximum value prescribed in the plan, which is generally 1 megalitre per share (equivalent to 100% of entitlement).

Note: This dataset is included in the General Purpose Water Accounting Reports: https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/https-www-industry-nsw-gov-au-water-allocations-availability-water-accounting-gpwar

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Metadata Summary What is metadata?

Field Value
Language English
Edition 1.0
Purpose Inform licence holders and public the current and historical Available Water Determination
Frequency of change Annually
Keywords WATER
Metadata Date 2022-09-08
Date of Asset Creation 2009-07-01
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Inland waters
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Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2009-07-01
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2024"
Groups Department of Planning and Environment—Water