In the plan Queensland irrigators will reduce their water usage by 10 per cent, allowing more water to flow down into the Condamine-Balonne region.

Queensland cotton farmers continue to dam and divert around 80 per cent of the river flow destined for the Murray-Darling.

The diversions have had a drastic impact on the agriculturally important flood-flow of waters from Queensland, affecting thousands of acres of NSW farmland.

Chair of the Western Catchment Management Authority Rory Treweeke said the plan doesn't go far enough in addressing the needs of north west NSW farmers and the environment.

"We can see very little change in it from the draft plan released in December.

"Queensland is claiming that it will give extra water to NSW, but I really don't see this.

"We don't think it will go far enough to improve the situation down here."

Mr Treweeke said Queensland had yet to develop a Resource Operations Plan which was needed to operate in conjunction with the water resource plan.

This is estimated to take around 12 months and in the meantime the existing rules will continue to operate.

Mr Treweeke said Queensland needed to do more to ensure the equal distribution of water between the states.

"We would like to see an acknowledgement by Queensland that they have over allocated the system and that they would wind back the licensing of extractions over a period of time."

This is not the end of the road for NSW farmers, with Mr Treweeke planning to keep on fighting what he sees as inequality between the states.

"We will continue working with the NSW Government which has taken up our issues with the Queensland government, and there may even be some avenues now through the national water initiative to put more pressure on Queensland.

"It's one of those things that is not going to be resolved quickly, but hopefully over a period of time the situation will improve."