Your Annual Dams Safety Standards Report is due

All declared dam owners are required to publish a report that shows their efforts over the year to manage dam safety. The Annual Dams Safety Standards Report covers the previous calendar year and is due by 31 March. Dam owners must submit the report to Dams Safety NSW, keep a copy at their office and publish it on their website (if they have one) for the public to view. The information gathered from the reports also helps Dams Safety NSW prioritise our compliance activities for the following year, focussing on areas that need the most attention to help make the NSW community safer.

Dam owners will be asked to confirm that they have a safety system and plans in place to manage any potential risks from the dam. The report will also provide details of incidents that have occurred over the last year and emergency exercises to test the safety system. Every declared dam in NSW will have its own Annual Safety Standards Report – even where a single system is shared by multiple dams.

All declared dam owners should read our Annual Dams Safety Standards Report fact sheet and familiarise themselves with the information they need to complete the report. Please use this online form for your report/s. Dam owners can email the report forms to Dams Safety NSW at info@damsafety.nsw.gov.au.

If you have questions about the report, please call our Governance and Assurance Manager, Peter Boyd, on 0418 259 984 or email info@damsafety.nsw.gov.au.