The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is responsible for the delivery of all water for the environment in New South Wales. This includes water held by the NSW Government, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and Basin states under the Living Murray program, as well as water made available to the environment under Water Sharing Plans.

The total volumes delivered from all types of water for the environment are shown for each catchment this water year. The presented use figures are best available estimates at the time of reporting.

Total water use in Basin catchment

Total: 960.3891 GL
(2025-2026 YTD)
 
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Total water use in Basin catchment

Total: 960.3891 GL
(2025-2026 YTD)

Catchment data

Catchment March 2026 (GL) Year to date (GL)
Murray and Lower Darling 20.424 259.1156
Murrumbidgee 0 200.1575
Macquarie-Cudgegong 0 159.567
Gwydir 7.911 30.656
Lachlan 3.12 61.061
Snowy and Snowy montane 13.195 239.435
Hunter-Paterson 0 0
Namoi-Peel 0 2.476
Intersecting Streams 0 0
Barwon-Darling 0 0
Border Rivers 0 7.921