Water Plan (Barron) 2023

to provide for the continued use of all water entitlements and other authorisations to take or interfere with water; and

to maintain the probability of being able to take water to which this plan applies under a water entitlement; and

to maintain the availability of water to which this plan applies for industries dependent on water resources in the plan area, including, for example—

agriculture; and

hydro-electric power generation; and

tourism; and

aquaculture; and

to provide for mechanisms that support water being made available for growth in industries dependent on water resources in the plan area; and

to make water to which this plan applies available to support the economic aspirations of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders; and

to improve and support the effective and efficient operation of the market in water allocations and relocatable water licences.