Who needs a water measurement device

Find out which water users need a meter or other device. Know your obligations.

Why we measure water use

Collecting accurate information about water use helps us improve how we plan and allocate water across the state.

Your location and the type of authorisation you have determines your measurement obligations.

Who needs to measure water use

You hold a relevant authorisation

To find out if you hold a relevant authorisation:

Open Schedule 11 of the Water Regulation.
Find your water plan area.
Use the table to navigate to your information.

If you hold a relevant authorisation, you must meet certain measurement requirements.

These include:

installing a measurement device
getting your device certified
providing us with information about water taken under your authorisation
reporting your water use by submitting meter readings
notifying us if a device is faulty.

Supply scheme customers

Water supply scheme operators are required to measure water taken by their customers.

Your supply contract will have information on device ownership and how to access and operate your meter.

When you don't need a device

There are cases where you don’t need a measurement device even if you have a relevant authorisation.

These scenarios include when you:

don't extract any water against the water authorisation
only extract water for stock or domestic use
meet a threshold or exemption stated for your area in Schedule 11 in the Water Regulation.

If you meet any of these circumstances you must complete an Information request form (W2F165) (PDF, 681KB) and return it to us at waterhub@dlgwv.qld.gov.au.

If your circumstances for taking water change, you must notify us as you may be required to install a measurement device. We may request information from you or undertake a field audit to confirm what you have told us.

Due dates for installing and/or certifying a measurement device

As a holder of a relevant authorisation (HRA), you must install a measurement device and have it certified every 5 years. If you don’t have one installed, or haven’t certified it within the last 5 years, you must do so before a specific date as specified in Schedule 11 of the Water Regulation. The due dates and locations are displayed in the listings below.

If you have already certified your device, your next due date will be 5 years from your last certification provided by a duly qualified person (DQP).

Using uncertified meters to take water is an offence under the Water Act 2000.

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Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Condamine and Balonne See map (PDF, 1MB)	Central Condamine Alluvium (Upper Condamine)
	Condamine and Balonne WMA
	Upper Condamine WMA
	Oakey Creek Alluvium
	Dalrymple Creek Alluvium
Border Rivers and Moonie See map (PDF, 410KB)	Stanthorpe WMA
Border Rivers and Moonie See map (PDF, 410KB)	Moonie River catchment WMA
Gold Coast See map (PDF, 370KB)	Lower Nerang WMA
Moreton See map (PDF, 457KB)	Cressbrook Creek groundwater WMA
Moreton See map (PDF, 457KB)	Lockyer Valley groundwater WMA
Mary Basin See map (PDF, 434KB)	Cooloola Sandmass
Burnett Basin See map (PDF, 481KB)	Coastal Burnett groundwater WMA – area A
Bowen See map (PDF, 415KB)	Bowen groundwater management area on Plan CAS3065

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Condamine and Balonne See map (PDF, 560KB)	Nobby Basalts underground water sub-area
Condamine and Balonne See map (PDF, 560KB)	Cunningham Alluvium water underground water sub-area
Border Rivers and Moonie See map (PDF, 812KB)	Stanthorpe WMA

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Condamine and Balonne See map (PDF, 1.1MB)	All remaining Upper Condamine Alluvium (Tributaries) underground water unit
	All remaining Upper Condamine Basalts underground water unit
	Condamine and Balonne Tributaries WMA: Zone CBT-04 Zone CBT-05 Zone CBT-06 Zone CBT-07 Zone CBT-08 Zone CBT-09

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Border Rivers and Moonie See map (PDF, 704KB)	Border Rivers Alluvium underground water sub-area
Burnett Basin See map (PDF, 1MB)	Coastal Burnett groundwater management area for the following groundwater sub-areas: Kolan – Burnett B Burnett – Elliot B Elliot – Gregory B Fairymead B Farnsfield B
Burnett Basin See map (PDF, 1MB)	Boyne and Stuart Rivers WMA
Fitzroy See map (PDF, 1MB)	Lower Callide, Prospect Creek and Upper Callide groundwater sub-areas
Cape York See map (PDF, 1MB)	Lakeland water licence zones 1 and 2 of the Cook underground WMA
Wet tropics See map (PDF, 1,010KB)	Mulgrave-Russell catchment area
Gulf See map (PDF, 2MB)	Gilbert River catchment area
Burdekin See map 1 (PDF, 1MB) See map 2 (PDF, 2MB)	Burdekin groundwater management area
Burdekin See map 1 (PDF, 1MB) See map 2 (PDF, 2MB)	The Belyando Sutter subcatchment area under the Water Plan (Burdekin Basin) 2007

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Condamine and Balonne See map 1 (PDF, 1MB) See map 2 (PDF, 176KB)	All remaining water entitlements to take surface water All remaining water entitlements to take groundwater Condamine and Balonne Tributaries WMA Zone CBT-01 Zone CBT-02 Zone CBT-03
	Water licences to take groundwater from the Balonne River Alluvium or the Maranoa River Alluvium in the St George Alluvium (Condamine and Balonne (deep), Condamine and Balonne (shallow)
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine See map 1 (PDF, 173KB) See map 2 (PDF, 734KB)	All remaining water entitlements to take surface water All remaining water entitlements to take groundwater Water licences to take form the shallow groundwater units
GABORA See map (PDF, 163KB)	Surat Hutton groundwater sub-area
Border Rivers and Moonie See map 1 (PDF, 1MB) See map 2 (PDF, 585KB)	Northern Weir River and Weir River (in policy)
	All remaining water entitlements to take surface water All remaining water entitlements to take groundwater Water licences to take from the shallow groundwater units Border Rivers underground WMA

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Condamine and Balonne See map (PDF, 839KB)	Gowrie Oakey Creek WMA Zones 1-4
	Toowoomba City Basalts sub-area
	Upper Hodgson Creek Basalts sub-area
Border Rivers and Moonie See map (PDF, 869KB)	Upper Weir and Lower Weir River WMA
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine See map (PDF, 929KB)	All existing metered entitlements in the plan area
Logan Basin See map (PDF, 661KB)	Christmas Creek WMA
Logan Basin See map (PDF, 661KB)	Running Creek WMA
Fitzroy Basin See map (PDF, 912KB)	Dawson Valley WMA
	Fitzroy WMA
	Nogoa Mackenzie WMA

Water plan area Water management area (WMA)
Burnett Basin
See map (PDF, 673KB) Barambah Creek groundwater management area (GMA)

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Burnett Basin See map (PDF, 673KB)	Barambah Creek groundwater management area (GMA)

Water Plan Area	Water management area (WMA)
Condamine and Balonne See map (PDF, 938KB)	Jimbour Creek Alluvium sub-area
GABORA See map (PDF, 1,010KB)	Eastern Downs Marburg Water Licence No. 100875
	Mulgildie North Hutton and Precipice groundwater subareas
	Gatton Esk Road Marburg and Woogaroo groundwater sub-areas - all non Sand D water licences and licence numbers - 406711, 406717, 406722, 406725, 406732, 406735, 406738, 406751, 406755, 406761, 406807, 406867, 407196, 409175
Mary Basin See map (PDF, 865KB)	Widgee Creek subcatchment area
	Six Mile Creek subcatchment area
	Wide Bay Creek subcatchment area
	Tinana Creek subcatchment area
Fitzroy Basin See map (PDF, 2MB)	Isaac River and Connors River catchment area on plan AP14807
	Comet WMA
	Don and Dee Rivers and Alma Creek WMA
	Don and Dee groundwater sub-area
	Theresa Retreat WMA
Gulf See map (PDF, 2MB)	Flinders River catchment area
Barron See map (PDF, 618KB)	The plan area
	Cairns Northern Beaches
	Barron WMA
	Atherton Groundwater MA
Boyne River Basin See map (PDF, 560KB)	The plan area
Calliope River See map (PDF, 553KB)	The plan area
Mitchell See map (PDF, 998KB)	The plan area
Pioneer Valley See map (PDF, 493KB)	The plan area

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Burnett Basin See map (PDF, 846KB)	Upper Burnett and Nogo Rivers WMA
	Lower Burnett and Kolan Rivers WMA
	Three Moon Creek WMA
Moreton See map (PDF, 837KB)	Warrill Valley WMA

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Burdekin Basin See map (PDF, 1MB)	Subcatchment area E, other than Mistake A water licence zone water licence 621164
	Subcatchment area F and subcatchment area G
	Cape Campaspe WMA

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Cape York See map (PDF, 1MB)	Cape relocatable surface water licence zones
	Cape water plan area
	Cape York Peninsula heritage area
	Endeavour WMA
	Cape underground WMA

Water plan area Water management area (WMA)
Whitsunday
See map (PDF, 531KB) The plan area

Water plan area	Water management area (WMA)
Whitsunday See map (PDF, 531KB)	The plan area

Installing a device

Read your obligations when installing and certifying a measurement device.

Also consider...

Find out how to submit a meter reading.
Report a faulty measurement device.
Find information for DQPs, including inspecting devices, standards, forms and lodgement information.

Enquiries

If you require assistance, contact the metering hotline in your region (PDF, 372KB):

North metering hotline
Phone 1800 822 100
Email waterservicesnorth@dlgwv.qld.gov.au
South metering hotline
Phone (07) 3330 5441
Email qmdbmetering@dlgwv.qld.gov.au