Macquarie Valley irrigators have received a general security allocation for the first time since August 2017.
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NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey has announced a "modest" general security allocation of 12 per cent.
"In the Macquarie-Cudgegong valleys, Burrendong Dam received inflows totalling 161,000 megalitres during August, enabling an allocation to general security entitlement holders for the first time in over three years," she said.
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"In addition, DPIE-EES (NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment- Environment, Energy and Science) has reported over 45,000 hectares of the Macquarie Marshes, including the critical northern reedbed and Ramsar-listed areas, have been inundated with water."
But Ms Pavey warned of the approaching summer.
"While the recent rain has been a relief to some valleys across the state, the drought is still being felt across the state and the upcoming summer could once again prove difficult for water users," she said.
