Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER RESOURCE (BURNETT BASIN) PLAN 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Purposes of plan
   3.      Definitions

           Part 2--Plan area and water to which plan applies

   4.      Plan area
   5.      Water to which plan applies

           Part 3--Outcomes for sustainable management of water

           Division 1--General outcomes

   6.      General outcomes

           Division 2--Ecological outcomes

   7.      Ecological outcomes for plan area
   8.      Auburn River catchment
   9.      Barambah Creek and Stuart River catchments
   10.     Boyne River catchment
   11.     Burnett River basin and Burnett River
   12.     Elliott, Gregory and Isis river basins
   13.     Kolan River basin
   13A.    Coastal Burnett groundwater management area

           Part 4--Environmental flow and compensation flow objectives, water allocation security objectives and performance indicators

           Division 1--Preliminary
           Subdivision 1--Assessing consistency with objectives

   14.     Assessing consistency with objectives for surface water
   15.     Assessing consistency with objectives for groundwater
           Subdivision 2--Water project areas, subcatchment areas and nodes
   16.     Water project areas
   17.     Subcatchment areas
   18.     Nodes
           Subdivision 3--Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas for Coastal Burnett groundwater management area
   18A.    Coastal Burnett groundwater management area
   18B.    Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas
   18C.    Information about areas

           Division 2--Environmental flow objectives and performance indicators
           Subdivision 1--Surface water

   19.     Objectives
   20.     Performance indicators
           Subdivision 2--Groundwater
   20A.    Groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives
   20B.    Performance indicators for groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives
   20C.    Seawater intrusion objective
   20D.    Performance indicator for seawater intrusion objective

           Division 3--Compensation flow objectives and performance indicators

   21.     Objectives
   22.     Performance indicators

           Division 4--Water allocation security objectives and performance indicators

   23.     Objectives
   24.     Performance indicators

           Part 5--Strategies for achieving outcomes and implementing the plan

           Division 1--General strategies for achieving outcomes

   25.     Decisions about managing or allocating water
   26.     Matters chief executive must consider

           Division 2--Strategies for achieving outcomes (surface water)

   27.     Restriction on taking water from waterholes or lakes
   28.     Restriction on taking water from the Elliott, Gregory and Isis river basins
   29.     Restriction on taking water from the Auburn River catchment
   30.     Restriction on taking water from the Boyne River catchment

           Division 3--Strategies for achieving outcomes (groundwater)

   30A.    Decision not to increase amount of groundwater taken in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area
   30B.    Restriction on taking or interfering with groundwater
   30C.    Taking or interfering with groundwater, other than for stock or domestic purposes, using existing works in extension area
   30D.    Taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using existing works
   30E.    Restriction on taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using new works
   30F.    Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997

           Division 4--Authorisations and water allocations
           Subdivision 1--Surface water

   31.     Maximum daily rates for taking surface water
   32.     Annual volumes of surface water that may be taken
   33.     Authorisations to state maximum daily rate and annual volume
   34.     Authorisation to take surface water converted to water allocation
           Subdivision 2--Groundwater
   34A.    Maximum rates for taking groundwater
   34B.    Authorisation to take groundwater converted to water allocation
   34C.    Granting water allocation to take groundwater in the extension area

           Division 5--Miscellaneous

   35.     Releasing water through fish ways
   36.     Changing rules for water project areas
   37.     Unallocated water in plan area
   37A.    Continued effect of moratorium notice—Act, s 46(3)

           Division 6--Implementing this plan

   38.     Implementation schedule
   39.     Preparing resource operations plan for Boyne River water project area
   39A.    Amending resource operations plan

           Part 6--Monitoring and reporting requirements

           Division 1--Surface water

   40.     Monitoring for surface water
   41.     Monitoring programs undertaken by water infrastructure operators
   42.     Water infrastructure operators to give reports

           Division 2--Groundwater

   42A.    Monitoring for groundwater in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area

           Part 7--Minister's report and amending plan

   43.     Minister's report on plan—Act, s 53
   44.     Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57
           SCHEDULE 1 PLAN AREA MAP
           SCHEDULE 2 WATER PROJECT AREAS
           1. Barker-Barambah water project area
           2. Boyne River water project area
           3. Bundaberg water project area
           4. Three Moon Creek water project area
           5. Upper Burnett water project area
           SCHEDULE 3 SUBCATCHMENT AREAS
           SCHEDULE 4 NODES
           SCHEDULE 4A COASTAL BURNETT GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
           SCHEDULE 4B GROUNDWATER SUB-AREAS FOR UPPER GROUNDWATER UNIT
           SCHEDULE 4C GROUNDWATER SUB-AREA FOR LOWER GROUNDWATER UNIT
           SCHEDULE 5 ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 6 WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 7 RATES AND PUMP SIZES
           SCHEDULE 8 VOLUMES FOR SIMULATED MEAN ANNUAL DIVERSIONS
           SCHEDULE 9 DICTIONARY
           Endnotes