Water Act 2000

The main purpose of this chapter is to ensure the delivery of sustainable and secure water supply and demand management for the SEQ region and designated regions.

The purpose is achieved by—

providing for the desired level of service objectives for water security in the SEQ region and designated regions; and

requiring the bulk water supply authority and water service providers for designated regions to have a water security program including plans and strategies to facilitate the achievement of the desired level of service objectives; and

optimising an efficient and reliable supply of water for the SEQ region by providing for the making of—

agreements for the supply of bulk services between SEQ bulk suppliers and bulk water customers; and

a code to decide costs and prices and to regulate the way in which entities supply bulk services.