Fitzroy Basin Water Plan Area Water Management Protocol
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Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water Fitzroy Basin Water Plan Area Water Management Protocol June 2021 Fitzroy Basin Water Management Protocol Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water This publication has been compiled by Water Policy, Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water. © State of Queensland, 2021 The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. Note: Some content in this publication may have different licence terms as indicated. 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If you have difficulty in understanding this document, you can contact us within Australia on 13QGOV (13 74 68) and we will arrange an interpreter to effectively communicate the report to you. 1 Fitzroy Basin Water Management Protocol Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water Contents Chapter 1 Preliminary ...................................................................................................................... 8 1 Short title ......................................................................................................................... 8 2 Commencement of the water management protocol ...................................................... 8 3 Purpose of protocol ......................................................................................................... 8 4 Area to which this protocol applies ................................................................................. 8 5 Water to which this protocol applies ............................................................................... 8 6 Information about areas, schemes and zones ................................................................ 8 7 Notification of first post-winter flow ................................................................................. 8 Chapter 2 Unallocated water ......................................................................................................... 10 Part 1 Preliminary .................................................................................................................... 10 8 Scope of chapter 2 ........................................................................................................ 10 9 Record of volume of unallocated water ......................................................................... 10 9A Volumes of unallocated water held in the strategic infrastructure reserve ................... 10 Part 2 Releasing unallocated water from the strategic water infrastructure reserve ............... 11 10 Process for releasing unallocated water from the strategic water infrastructure reserve for water infrastructure .................................................................................................................. 11 Part 3 Granting from strategic or general reserve ................................................................... 11 11 Application of part 3 ...................................................................................................... 11 12 Process for granting unallocated water held as strategic or general reserve ............... 11 13 Limitation on making unallocated water available to protect strategic water infrastructure reserve for water infrastructure on the Connors River ............................ 11 14 Determining elements of unsupplemented water allocations ....................................... 11 Chapter 3 Water allocation dealing rules—supplemented allocations .......................................... 13 Part 1 Preliminary .................................................................................................................... 13 15 Scope of chapter 3 ........................................................................................................ 13 16 Definitions for chapter 3 ................................................................................................ 13 Part 2 General provisions ........................................................................................................ 13 17 Permitted subdivision and amalgamations ................................................................... 13 18 Assessed changes ........................................................................................................ 13 19 Application for changes not specified as permitted, prohibited or assessed ................ 14 Part 3 Dawson Valley Water Supply Scheme ......................................................................... 14 20 Scope of part 3 .............................................................................................................. 14 21 Permitted changes ........................................................................................................ 14 22 Prohibited changes ....................................................................................................... 15 Part 4 Nogoa Mackenzie Water Supply Scheme .................................................................... 15 23 Scope of part 4 .............................................................................................................. 15 2 Fitzroy Basin Water Management Protocol Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water 24 Permitted changes ........................................................................................................ 15 25 Prohibited changes ....................................................................................................... 16 Part 5 Lower Fitzroy and Fitzroy Barrage water supply schemes ........................................... 17 26 Scope of part 5 .............................................................................................................. 17 27 Permitted changes ........................................................................................................ 17 28 Prohibited changes ....................................................................................................... 17 Part 6 Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme ........................................................................... 18 29 Scope of part 6 .............................................................................................................. 18 30 Permitted changes ........................................................................................................ 18 31 Prohibited changes ....................................................................................................... 19 Chapter 4 Water management areas—general provisions ............................................................ 20 32 Scope of chapter 4 ........................................................................................................ 20 Part 1 Water sharing rules—general ....................................................................................... 20 33 Water allocation holder data collection and transfer ..................................................... 20 34 Taking water under a water allocation with multi-year accounting ............................... 20 Part 2 Dealing with water allocations—general ....................................................................... 21 Division 1 Permitted changes ................................................................................... 21 35 Subdivisions and amalgamations ................................................................................. 21 36 Purpose ......................................................................................................................... 22 37 Change to allow multi-year accounting ......................................................................... 22 38 Change to a flow condition for water allocations that state an AMTD .......................... 22 39 Change to AMTD location ............................................................................................. 22 Division 2 Prohibited changes .................................................................................. 23 40 Prohibited changes ....................................................................................................... 23 Division 3 Assessed changes ................................................................................... 23 41 Assessed changes ........................................................................................................ 23 Division 4 Other changes .......................................................................................... 23 42 Application for changes not specified