Managing your water access licence
What you need to know in order to manage your water access licence (undertake a dealing).
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You will need a water access licence such as a zero share water access licence to participate or trade water in the NSW water market. A certificate of title is issued and must be provided in any water transaction. Any change to a water access licence must be registered with NSW Land Registry Services (LRS) within six months of the change. Failure to do so results in the approval being revoked and may lead to a breach of the Water Management Act 2000.
Water transactions can be complex and WaterNSW recommends seeking advice from an independent source familiar with the individual circumstances.
Water access licence changes made through WaterNSW are listed below:
What access licence change (dealing) | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
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Nominate or withdraw a nomination for a water supply work | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Temporarily assign water allocated to a water allocation account to another access licence in NSW (71T) or interstate (71V) | Fact sheet | NA | Available on our trading water webpage. |
Nominate (or change) a water supply work or extraction point against an access licence, for those in a NSW or interstate water tagging zone | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
One or more co-holders of an access licence extinguish their holding and a new access licence is granted | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Change a share component in a different water management area or source | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Cancel original licence/s and sub-divide or consolidate in the same water management area or source | Sub-divide fact sheet Consolidate fact sheet | | |
Convert to a different category or sub-category in the same water management area or source (71O) | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Permanently assign rights in the same water management area or source to another licence/s of the same category (71Q) | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Assignment of individual daily extraction component (IDEC) to another licence (71QA) | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Amend an extraction component (71S) | Fact sheet | Guide | Form |
Find out more about the role of other agencies involved in managing your licence.
Land Registry Services (LRS) – Contact for Transfer of water access licence (S71M) and Term Transfer of entitlements under an access licence (S71N).
The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW) – issues water access licences for state significant developments, mining operations, irrigation corporations and government entities. However, WaterNSW handles all changes to water access licences for customers of NSW DCCEEW.
Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) is responsible for the enforcement of water laws in NSW.
Details on current NSW water access licences are held on the Water Register.
WaterNSW acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we work and pay our respects to all elders past, present and emerging. Learn more