NSW Joint Private Works Schemes-Private Water Trusts

The mapped boundaries of Private Water Trusts within the State of NSW and the parcels within them are described.

In the first half of 2024 the boundaries of the Private Water Trusts were mapped by NSW Public Works within a single spatial (GIS) dataset using a reference NSW cadastre from February 2024 and a datum of GDA2020.

The scheme boundaries were mapped using the following methods in descending order:
1. Georeferencing images of gazetted maps to the NSW Cadastre and matching boundaries.
2. Following gazetted boundary descriptions. This would typically require georeferencing an image of a Parish Plan that was published at a similar date to the gazettal notice to provide context to the descriptions. NSW Spatial Services Aerial Imagery was traced when descriptions or maps referred to physical boundaries like creeks, rivers, and water channels.
3. Using a gazetted schedule of parcels.
4. Using Parish Plans when Private Water Trusts were mapped on them.

The list of Private Water Trusts and the references to gazettal notices was provided by the Water Group, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, NSW Government.


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Metadata template type Non-geospatial
Asset Type Dataset
Parent nsw-joint-private-works-schemes
Edition 1.0
Purpose To provide NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and Scheme owners visualisation of their Private Works Schemes (drainage/water supply). The boundaries were created from Government Gazettes and Historical Parish Plans.
Update Frequency As needed
OEH Service Other service
Keywords WATER
Geospatial Topic Boundaries
NSW Place Name NSW
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Temporal Coverage From 1890-01-01 - 2024-06-30
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Landing page https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/opendata/dataset/nsw-joint-private-works-schemes-private-water-trusts
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2024"