8.1.4.Entitlements and water trading

Irrigation and other commercial access to surface water above a property’s harvestable right are constrained by an embargo on the issuing of new water entitlements.
That means new water licences or licences for additional water (apart from exempt purposes) can be obtained only by buying the required water entitlement from someone else — ‘water trading’. There are guidelines established for ‘water trading’ within catchments in NSW and you should contact your nearest NSW Office of Water.
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