Water Plan (Condamine and Balonne) 2019 (Qld)

Water Plan (Condamine and Balonne) 2019

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This plan may be cited as the Water Plan (Condamine and Balonne) 2019.

2 Purposes of plan The purposes of this plan are to— (a) define the availability of water to which this plan applies; and (b) provide a framework for sustainably managing water to which this plan applies; and (c) identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with the future water requirements in the plan area; and (d) provide a framework for managing water allocations; and (e) provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, the degradation of natural ecosystems caused by the taking of, or interference with, water to which this plan applies.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 14 defines particular words used in this plan.

4 Meaning of surface water Surface water is— (a) water in a watercourse or lake; or (b) water in a spring not connected to water to which the Water Plan (Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers) 2017 applies; or (c) overland flow water, other than water in a spring connected to water to which the Water Plan (Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers) 2017 applies.

Part 2 Plan area, water to which plan applies and other matters

5 Water to which plan applies— Act , s 43 For section 43(1)(a) of the Act, this plan applies to the following water in the plan area— (a) surface water; (b) underground water to which the Water Plan (Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers) 2017 does not apply.

6 Plan area This plan applies to the area shown as the plan area on the map in schedule 1, part 1.

7 Water supply schemes and water supply scheme zones (1) Each part of the plan area shown as a water supply scheme on the map in schedule 2, part 1 is a water supply scheme for this plan. (2) A reference in this plan to a water supply scheme by name is a reference to the water supply scheme given that name on the map in schedule 2, part 1 and in schedule 2, part 2, column 1. (3) Each part of the plan area named and described in schedule 2, part 2, columns 2 and 3, is a water supply scheme zone.