WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 86B Basin Plan to provide for critical human water needs
WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 86B
Basin Plan to provide for critical human water needs(1) The Basin Plan must:
(a) include a statement of the amount of water required in each Basin State that is a referring State (other than Queensland) to meet the critical human water needs of the communities in the State that are dependent on the waters of the River Murray System; and
(b) include a statement of the amount of conveyance water required to deliver the water referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) specify water quality trigger points and salinity trigger points at which water in the River Murray System becomes unsuitable for meeting critical human water needs.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1)(a) to communities in a
Basin State who are dependent on the waters of the River Murray System does
not include a reference to communities dependent on the waters of the Edward -
Wakool System downstream of Stevens Weir.