About the Pioneer Valley water plan area

The Water Plan (Pioneer Valley) 2002 (the water plan) area covers approximately 5,200km² and supports the water needs of several urban and regional centres including Mackay, Walkerston, Eton, Mirani and Marian. Water supply for irrigation and people living in the Mackay region comes from 2 water supply schemes (WSS):

• Pioneer River Water Supply Scheme
• Eton Water Supply Scheme

Water in the plan area also supports industry, agriculture and social, economic or cultural purposes including recreational activities, commercial aquaculture and tourism.

The draft water plan (PDF, 1.3MB) will continue to advance the sustainable management of water resources in the water plan area. This protects important environmental processes, ecological needs and cultural values that exist in the water plan area.

For more information on how water is managed in the Pioneer Valley water plan area, read Pioneer Valley water plan area.

Pioneer Valley water plan map (PDF, 1.1MB)

Explore the water plan area and its surrounding water plan areas via the Queensland Globe water plan map (use Google Chrome for best results).