Water Resource (Whitsunday) Plan 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 Environmental planning Inland waters Basin/catchment/watershed Sustainable use Water abstraction Indigenous peoples Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Plan enters into force on 26 February 2010. Abstract This Plan, done under the Water Act 2000, defines the management plan for the Whitsunday. The following are the purposes of this plan— (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 to take surface water; (e) to provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, degradation that has occurred in natural ecosystems; (f) to regulate the taking of overland flow water; (g) to regulate the taking of groundwater. Full text English Website www.legislation.qld.gov.au