Water Plan (Baffle Creek Basin) 2010. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Queensland Document type Miscellaneous Date 2010 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Allocation/quota Monitoring Authorization/permit Groundwater Indigenous peoples Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Basin Baffle Creek Entry into force notes This Plan enters into force on 5 November 2010. Abstract This Act, consisting of seven Chapters divided into 60 sections, sets the management plan for water resources within the Baffle Creek Basin. Section 2 establishes the following purposes of the plan: 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 minimising, where practicable, degradation in natural ecosystems; to regulate the taking of overland flow water. Chap. 2 specifies the plan area and water to which the plans applies. Chap. 3 establishes the outcomes for sustainable management of water. Chap. 4 concerns performance indicators and objectives. Chap. 5 covers the strategies for achieving outcomes. Chap. 6 deals with monitoring and reporting requirements. Chap. 7 Amendments to this plan. The plan is completed by nine Schedules related to plan areas and allowable total volumetric increase in in-stream water storage capacity for sub-catchments. Full text English Website www.legislation.qld.gov.au References - Legislation Implements Water Act 2000. Legislation | Australia | 2000 (2023) Keyword: Framework law, Freshwater resources management, Institution, Water rights, Water charges, Well sinking/boreholes, Irrigation, Drainage/land reclamation, Groundwater, Right to water, Sustainable development, Indigenous peoples, Human rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX