Water Plan (Boyne River Basin) 2013.

This Plan, consisting of nine Chapters divided into 43 sections, sets the management plan for water resources in the Boyne River Basin. The purposes of the plan are: to define the availability of water in the plan area; to provide a framework for sustainably managing water and the taking of water; to identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with future water requirements; to provide a framework for establishing water allocations; to provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, degradation in natural ecosystems. Chap. 2 establishes plan area and water to which plan applies; Chap. 3 the outcomes for sustainable management of water; Chap. 4 regulates the performance indicators and objectives; Chap. 5 specifies strategies for achieving outcomes; Chap. 6 deals with monitoring and reporting requirements; Chap. 7 establishes Proposed arrangements for implementing and amending this plan. The plan is completed by three Schedules on: Plan area, Pump sizes and rates and Dictionary.