Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 35

For advancing the purposes of this chapter--

(a) the Minister must plan for the allocation and sustainable management of water to meet Queensland's future water requirements, including, for example, for the protection of natural ecosystems and security of supply to water users; and

(b) the chief executive must provide information for planning purposes by--

(i) regularly measuring and keeping publicly available records of the volume and quality of water in Queensland; and

(ii) collecting information on the water requirements of, and impacts of water management on, natural ecosystems, including, for example, from the department responsible for administering the Environmental Protection Act 1994; and

(iii) collecting information about future water requirements; and

(c) the chief executive must plan for the sustainable management of water use to minimise adverse impacts of water use on land and water.