Reviewing the Pioneer Valley water plan

We are reviewing and replacing the Pioneer Valley water plan.

Consultation closed on 19 December 2025.

We are now at step 4 of the consultation timeline which means that we are reviewing all feedback received and finalising the new Pioneer Valley water plan, scheduled for release in 2026.

Learn more about the 5 steps of the water plan review process.

Public consultation

We asked people to review:

• Public notice – Availability of the draft water plan (Pioneer Valley), draft water management protocol, and draft water entitlement notice – this notice formally lets you know we have released these documents for public consultation.
• Statement of intent – Draft Water Plan (Pioneer Valley) 2026 – this summarises the key aspects of the draft plan and summaries important changes.
• Draft Pioneer Valley water plan (PDF, 1.3MB) (draft water plan) – once finalised, it will replace the current plan. The draft water plan is the full text and is very detailed.
• Draft Pioneer Valley water management protocol (PDF, 656KB) (draft protocol) – this is the full text and is very detailed.
• Draft Pioneer Valley water entitlement notice (PDF, 1.1MB) (draft WEN) – this is the full text and is very detailed.

For a summary of these documents, you can read the topic pages online: