Water Plan (Wet Tropics) 2013

increased security for town water supplies that rely on surface water and groundwater;

availability of water for the following—

population growth in towns and communities dependent on water resources in the plan area;

Indigenous communities dependent on water resources in the plan area to achieve their social aspirations;

domestic purposes in the plan area;

alternative options for town water supply in the Mulgrave–Russell catchment area;

maintenance of flows that support water-related aesthetic, cultural and recreational values in the plan area, including the cultural values of the traditional owners in the plan area;

maintenance, to the extent practicable, of the quality of water for human use.