NSW water restrictions to be scrapped from midnight

New South Wales water restrictions are expected to be scrapped from midnight, with state cabinet looking at a complete overhaul of how the state saves water.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian met with Cabinet this evening to discuss the issue, with Warragamba Dam above 95 per cent capacity, current water restrictions will be changed to "Water Wise Guidelines" instead.

Under the new approach, rather than households and businesses being fined for wasting water, new suggestions will be made on how to better preserve the vital commodity.

Things like hosing down hard surfaces, using a hose without a trigger nozzle, watering the garden in the middle of a hot day and untimed garden sprinklers are all water wasting activities that will be looked at.

Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Illawarra are currently on Level One restrictions and have been so since May last year.