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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Floodplain Management Plans Spatial Dataset

These datasets represent management units within in-force floodplain management plans across the northern valleys of the Murray-Darling Basin in NSW. The data includes the floodplain boundaries, management zones and ecological assets derived from plans gazetted under the NSW Water Management Act 2000. The areas covered by the floodplain boundaries are declared to be floodplains under the Water Management (General) Regulation 2018. The management zones are used to define areas in which specific management rules apply. As such, this data may be used to understand which floodplain management plan rules apply to a specific location. Ecological assets, including flood-dependent ecological assets, are identified in each plan area and are required to be considered in the rules in each floodplain management plan. The plans are in place for 10 years but may be amended within this time. Any updates to the management zones as a result of a plan being amended during, or replaced following its 10 year term will be made available at that time.

PLEASE NOTE: In the case of any discrepancy between this digital dataset and the published Floodplain Management Plan (accessible on the department’s website) the instrument as made by the Minister remains the authoritative source and should be used to both interpret the intent of the Plan and in subsequent decision making. Best endeavours have been made in collating relevant Floodplain Management Plan boundary and attribution contained in this dataset. However, no warranty is provided as to the accuracy or currency of this representation. The department does not warrant and is not liable for the use of this material as per the licenced sharing conditions CC-BY 4.0.

The datasets were originally developed by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage as part of the NSW Healthy Floodplains Project.

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Language English
Edition 1.0
Purpose This dataset is presented as a collection of boundaries and attribution derived from various gazetted in-force Floodplain Management Plans. Its intended purpose is as an easily accessible and interpretable representation of this data. However, no warranty is provided as to the accuracy or currency of this representation. In the case of any discrepancy between this digital dataset and the gazetted and published Floodplain Management Plan (accessible on the department’s website) the gazetted instrument remains the authoritative source and should be used to both interpret the intent of the Plan and in subsequent decision making.
Frequency of change As needed
Keywords WATER
Metadata Date 2023-11-30
Date of Asset Creation 2016-08-12
Date of Asset Publication 2023-11-30
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Inland waters
NSW Place Name NSW
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2016-08-12 - 2023-01-27
Datum GDA 2020 / NSW Lamberts
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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 2023"
Groups Department of Planning and Environment—Water