Environmental water data

Environmental outcomes reporting and data held by other agencies

• As of July 2025, some environmental water deliveries in NSW have been temporarily paused while environmental water licensees, river operators and approval holders ensure they fully comply with the Water Management Act 2000. Read more in the Environmental water deliveries in NSW fact sheet (PDF. 789KB).
• The NSW Environmental Water Manager (CPHR) publishes the environmental watering plans in each catchment and annual reporting on PEW and HEW water use and outcomes–see Water for the environment. Note that the yearly outcomes report also includes subpages for each valley.
• CPHR also publishes additional information for the current water year. This includes a simple summary of total PEW and HEW water use in each valley: Water use in your local catchment. They also publish event information for each catchment: Catchments. These pages are updated frequently, however they are not real-time data sets.
• WaterNSW publishes real-time data on environmental water use on WaterInsights for each water source, under the allocation and historical tabs. Note that this data does not include environmental water usage within water corporations and may change slightly over time as accounts are finalised. may change slightly over time as accounts are finalised.
• WaterNSW also publish daily data on volumes protected under Active Management in the Lower Macquarie and the Barwon-Darling.
• In the Murray Darling Basin, you can find more information on water recovery on the MDBA website and information specifically on use of Commonwealth water on their website. Additional reporting on outcomes arising from the use of environmental water can be found on the following CEWH website: Flow-MER - Environmental Water Monitoring, Evaluation and Research.

Environmental water data

Non-environmental water data