Water Resources (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Queensland Document type Miscellaneous Date 2000 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Allocation/quota Monitoring Basin/catchment/watershed Indigenous peoples Inland waters Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Basin Burnett Entry into force notes This Plan enters into force on 15 December 2000. Abstract 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. 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 Amended by Water Infrastructure Development (Burnett Basin) Act 2001. Legislation | Australia | 2001 (2002) Keyword: Waterworks, Irrigation, EIA, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014. Legislation | Australia | 2014 (2017) Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Allocation/quota, Monitoring, Basin/catchment/watershed, Sustainable development, Indigenous peoples, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX