Water Resources (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000.

This act sets the management plan for water resources in the Burnett Basin. Under section 2, the purposes of the plan are: (a) to define the availability of water in the plan area; (b) to provide a framework for sustainably managing water and the taking of water; (c) to identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with future water requirements; (d) to provide a framework for establishing water allocations; (e) to provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, degradation that has occurred in natural ecosystems, including, for example, stressed rivers. Part 2 specifies the plan area and water to which the plans applies. Part 3 sets the general and ecological outcomes for sustainable management of water. Part 4 is dedicated to environmental flow objectives, water allocation security objectives and performance indicators.
Part 5 specifies which are the strategies to be implemented to achieve the declared outcomes, including taking water from waterholes and lakes. Part 6 is dedicated to monitoring and reporting requirements. The plan is completed by nine schedules: plan area map, water project areas, subcatchment areas, nodes, environmental flow objectives, water allocation security objectives, rates and pump sizes, volume for simulated mean annual diversion and dictionary.