Water Plan (Gulf) 2007

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

protection of the probability of being able to take water under a water allocation, including—

water for the supply of urban water for Mount Isa City; and

water to support growth in the mining industry in north-west Queensland;

availability of water to support growth in industries dependent on water in the plan area;

provision for the taking of water in Lake Mary Kathleen;

availability of water in the following areas to support growth in irrigated agriculture—

Gilbert River catchment area;

Flinders River catchment area;

Nicholson River catchment area;

Lower Leichhardt River subcatchment area;

availability of water in the following areas to help Indigenous communities in those areas achieve their economic aspirations—

Cape York Peninsula Region area;

Flinders River catchment area;

Gilbert River catchment area;

Morning Inlet catchment area;

Settlement Creek catchment area;

Staaten River catchment area;

Gregory River subcatchment area;

encouragement of continual improvement in the efficient use of water;

support of tourism in the plan area, including, for example, by protecting flows that support the natural aesthetics of watercourses and their surroundings;

support of commercial fishing in the Gulf of Carpentaria, including, for example, by protecting flood flows that may deliver nutrients and water to estuarine and marine environments to stimulate growth and movement of native aquatic animals, including fish, prawns and crabs.