Border Rivers and Moonie water plan area
This information will help you understand how water is managed in the water plan area and how you can access water.
Map of the water plan area
Check whether your property is covered by the plan on the Queensland Globe water plan map (use Google Chrome for best results) or download the Border Rivers and Moonie water plan area map (PDF, 409KB).
What's happening?
- 17 June 2019: A notice of limitations on taking water from Oaky Creek (PDF, 111KB) has been issued for the Border River and Moonie water plan area.
- 10 June 2019: The water entitlement notice (PDF, 2.0MB) to convert, grant or amend water entitlements has been published. All affected licence holders will be notified in accordance with section 77 of the Water Act 2000.
- 8 April 2019: A notice withdrawing the moratorium applying to the Granite Belt Underground Water Area (PDF, 88KB) and a notice withdrawing the moratorium applying to works that take contaminated agricultural runoff (PDF, 90KB) have been published.
- 8 April 2019: The water management protocol has been amended to correct an administrative error and can be accessed below. A statement of changes (PDF, 353KB) summarises the changes made to the water management protocol.
- 22 February 2019: The new water plan has now been finalised and can be accessed below. The consultation report (PDF, 1.8MB) explains how submissions from the public were addressed in finalising the plan. You can also view Water connections: Aboriginal people’s water needs in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin: A guide to the water plans in the Condamine and Balonne, Border Rivers and Moonie catchments (2019) and a long-term water plan.
Water management
Summary
| Type of water | Management |
|---|---|
| Surface water | Check the water plan information below for rules and requirements |
| Overland flow | Check the water plan information below for rules and requirements |
| Underground water | Check the Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water plan for underground water and spring water in the Great Artesian Basin and other important regional aquifers. Check the Border Rivers and Moonie water plan (below) for all other underground water |
Water plan information
- Water plan
- Water management protocol (PDF, 4.9MB)
- Access historical documents and plans:
- Border Rivers: historical documents and reports and previous water plans
- Moonie River: historical documents and reports and previous water plans.
- Access the Minister's performance reports for the previous Border Rivers plan and Minister's performance reports for the previous Moonie River plan.
Water-sharing agreement with New South Wales
The New South Wales-Queensland Border Rivers Intergovernmental Agreement 2008 (PDF, 653KB) provides direction on water sharing and access, interstate trading, and managing flows of streams shared by both states as well as water for the Murray-Darling Basin.
Water supply scheme operators
The following schemes operate in the water plan area. Check the operations manuals for day-to-day operational, water sharing and seasonal water assignment rules. The licences contain information about the roles and responsibilities of the licence holder.
| Name | Operator | Licence | Manual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border Rivers Water Supply Scheme | Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | Resource operations licence (PDF, 99KB) | Operations manual (PDF, 198KB) |
| Callandoon Water Supply Scheme | Callandoon Water Supply Board | Distribution operations licence (PDF, 40KB) | Operations manual (PDF, 104KB) |
| Macintyre Brook Water Supply Scheme | SunWater | Resource operations licence (PDF, 92KB) | Operations manual (PDF, 508KB) |
| Yambocully Water Supply Scheme | Yambocully Water Board | Distribution operations licence (PDF, 40KB) | Operations manual (PDF, 107KB) |
Water sharing rules
Accessing water
Follow the links below for more information on how to access water in the water plan area.
| Announced entitlements and limits | The water you can take through your water entitlement may be limited. Check announced entitlements and limits for unsupplemented water or contact the water supply scheme operator for supplemented water |
|---|---|
| Unallocated water releases | No current releases |
| Water allocation trading | Check the Water management protocol (PDF, 2.7MB) for dealing rules for water supply schemes, unsupplemented water and underground water For additional information on trading in the following water supply schemes see:
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| Seasonal water assignment |
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Contact us
Contact the Toowoomba business centre for more information on water management and how you can access water in the Border Rivers water plan area.
Also consider ...
- Get streamflow and groundwater data from the Queensland Government Water monitoring information portal.
- Access maps and water data using Queensland Globe or the water entitlement viewer.
- Read about regional natural resources management projects.
- Find out about river improvement trusts and their work.
- View price information for permanent water allocation trades and relocatable water licences.
- Read about water planning and learn where to find information in the new water planning documents.
- Find out more about water management in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin.
- Last reviewed: 22 Feb 2019
- Last updated: 17 Jun 2019
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Contact
Contact your local water management office.