b5cd2872_d_policy___NSW_Office_of_Water__Area_of_change
[What changed?] The changes allow landholders more flexibility to construct and use a dam to store water in excess of their maximum harvestable right dam capacity (MHRDC) when the water is taken under different rights and licences. If a landholder previously wanted to construct a larger dam to store water taken under a harvestable right, as well as other types of water which exceeded the MHRDC, they needed to hold a water access licence for all of the water. As a result of these changes, landholders will now only need to licence the volume of water which exceeds the MHRDC. They will also need to hold an approval if the dam exceeds the MHRDC. Orders will be published to reflect these changes and will set rules about how water can be captured, taken, used and stored. [Area of change] 
Harvestable rights
Law and policy - NSW Office of Water
Area of change