The Department of Industry-Water and Water NSW will hold public forums in Finley on Monday and Deniliquin on Tuesday to implement drought management measures and listen to the concerns of those affected.

At sessions the will provide an update on surface and groundwater water availability and proposed management measures if the dry conditions persist.

Despite the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers only measured as "stage two emerging" Department of Industry-Water drought coordinator Michael Wrathall said he still expects some frustration from irrigators.

"I think it is certainly the case that the lack of general security allocation is the main concern for irrigators down south," he told The Border Mail.

"The drought definitely isn't as bad down there as we see further up north so the good news is we still have enough water for the highest priority cases but the bad news is we don't have enough for anything else.

"We will be discussing the forecast for when the next allocation will be provided and if there is any flexibility to provide better reliability with those allocations.

"And how the resources are to be shared between the states.

"The sad thing is that in drought everyone loses and everyone is missing out at the moment that is the problem."

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Mr Wrathall said the meetings were about "short term solutions" rather than looking at the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

"We will have some operation staff from the MDBA on hand at the meetings which can focus on those questions but we are looking more at the short term," he said.

"We do understand that is a main concern for people down south."

Mr Wrathall said the state is now in "unprecedented territory".

"NSW water storages continue to fall with close to 100 per cent of the state now affected by drought," he said.

"We need to protect the remaining water in our river systems as there is no significant rain or inflows predicted.

"Water availability across the Murray-Darling Basin remains low, particularly in the northern-inland and far west regions."

Across the state the worst river systems affected by the drought are the Macquarie, Lower Darling, Lower Maoi and Barwon-Darling who are all categorised as "stage four critical".

Border Rivers, Gwydir, Peel, and Belubula are all "stage three severe" while the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan are "stage two emerging".

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