Water Supply Work and Use Approval - New South Wales

Description

You may require this approval if you intend to take water or construct and use a water supply work.

Every owner or occupier of a landholding has basic landholder rights. These rights allow you to take water from a water source, and to construct certain water supply works, for the purposes of domestic consumption and stock watering. If you intend to take water for any other purpose, or to construct a dam or water bore, you will require this approval.

There are two main categories of approvals: water supply work approvals and water use approvals:

  • A water supply work approval authorises you to construct and use a water supply work at a specified location. Approvals may be granted to construct and operate water supply works such as bores, spearpoints or wells and to use water for a particular purpose, such as irrigation.
  • A water use approval authorises you to use water for a particular purpose, such as irrigation, at a particular location. It can also authorise you to use water taken from a water source outside NSW.

Each approval includes conditions to minimise adverse impacts, and cannot be traded to another property or location.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this approval you must:

  • submit a completed application form
  • demonstrate that you have secure tenure over the land where the work is to be located or where the water is to be used
  • provide details of the use or works to be conducted
  • pay the prescribed fee.

Due to the range of approvals that may be acquired, please consult the Contact Officer for more information.

Prerequisites

Might Need

Groundwater Licence

Duration

May be issued for a period up to 10 years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All -

Fees will vary depending on your circumstances. Please consult the Contact Officer for more information.

Apply Application All $2052.55

Groundwater - additional fees (if applicable)

  • advertising - $365.46
  • technical referral - $2675.64
Fees for 2022-23
Apply Application All $2540.22

Pump - additional fees (if applicable)

  • advertising - $567.19
Fees for 2022-23

Apply Application All $2513.57

Dam - additional fees (if applicable)

  • advertising - $655.41
Fees for 2022-23
Apply Transfer All -

Amend an approval

  • technical referral (if applicable) - $2675.64
  • add/change works, use or condition - $1573.75
  • administrative amendment - $186.95
Fees for 2022-23
Apply Transfer All -

Extend an approval

  • before expiry - $372.39
  • after expiry - $688.23
Fees for 2022-23

Act(s) name

Water Management Act 2000 New South Wales

Regulation(s) name

Water Management (General) Regulation 2018 New South Wales

Application process

Apply

A pre-application meeting with the Agency is recommended to discuss the proposed activity, likely impacts, the application process and the information you will be required to submit to the Agency.

Administering agency

Department of Planning and Environment

NSW Office of Water

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.