Water Plan (Condamine and Balonne) 2019

A water plan outcome for this plan is that water to which this plan applies is to be allocated and managed in a way that—

recognises the natural state of watercourses, lakes, springs and aquifers has changed because of the taking of, or interference with, water; and

is consistent with the relevant version of the Basin Plan, including, for example, the sustainable diversion limits; and

is consistent with water sharing agreements and commitments between the State and New South Wales; and

seeks to achieve a balance between—

the economic water plan outcomes stated in section 19; and

the social water plan outcomes stated in section 20; and

the cultural water plan outcomes stated in section 21; and

the environmental water plan outcomes stated in section 22; and

promotes improved understanding of—

matters affecting the flow-related, and underground water dependent, health of ecosystems, including springs, in the plan area; and

the flow requirements of ecosystems in the plan area; and

the water required for social, spiritual, economic, environmental and cultural uses of water by Aboriginal people; and

the water required to deliver social and economic benefits to communities in the plan area; and

the impact of climate change on water availability; and

the actions required to reverse the degradation of natural ecosystems caused by the taking of, or interference with, water to which this plan applies.