Water Act 2007

giving effect to relevant international agreements (to the extent to which those agreements are relevant to the use and management of the Basin water resources); and

the establishment and enforcement of environmentally sustainable limits on the quantities of surface water and ground water that may be taken from the Basin water resources (including by interception activities); and

Basin‑wide environmental objectives for water‑dependent ecosystems of the Murray‑Darling Basin and water quality and salinity objectives; and

the use and management of the Basin water resources in a way that optimises economic, social and environmental outcomes; and

the use and management of Basin water resources that takes into account spiritual, cultural, environmental, social and economic matters relevant to Indigenous people; and

water to reach its most productive use through the development of an efficient water trading regime across the Murray‑Darling Basin; and

requirements that a water resource plan for a water resource plan area must meet if it is to be accredited or adopted under Division 2; and

improved water security for all uses of Basin water resources.