Water Plan (Gold Coast) 2006

to provide for future water requirements, including the opportunity for additional water to be taken from the plan area;

to provide for the continued use of all existing water entitlements and other authorisations;

to protect the probability of being able to obtain water under a water allocation;

to encourage the efficient use of water;

to protect essential water supplies when water availability is low;

to support natural ecosystems by minimising changes to natural flow regimes;

to protect, or minimise the impact of the taking of water on, ecological assets and ecosystem structures and processes;

to allow water-related cultural use of the plan area by the traditional owners of the area;

to provide consistency between this plan and the SEQ regional plan.