WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW BORDER RIVERS REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2009 - REG 63 Monitoring

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW BORDER RIVERS REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2009 - REG 63

63 Monitoring

The monitoring of the performance indicators specified in clause 10 of this Plan may be undertaken by the Minister.

Note : Any review of this Plan should take into account the provisions of the IGA, the New South Wales--Queensland Border Rivers Act 1947 and the Border Rivers Agreement 1947, where relevant.

The IGA provides for the following in relation to measurement, monitoring and recording:

• neither State will cease monitoring/measuring of parameters without the agreement of the other State.

• either State may negotiate additional parameters at any time

• the States will develop an integrated environmental monitoring program for the shared streams of the Border Rivers catchment

• the States will adequately resource the functions of the collection and management of data required to implement this agreement