Water sharing rules are prescribed in section 64 of the Water Regulation 2002 (the Regulation). Seasonal water assignment rules are prescribed in section 15 of the Regulation.

Under the Regulation, water sharing rules are prescribed for a water licence not managed under a resource operations plan, and describe the arrangements under which access to water in a water management area is managed.

Purpose of water sharing rules

By establishing a framework for water use accounting, these rules ensure there is an accountable and auditable trail for the movement of water use within and between water licences.

They also ensure that arrangements for access to water and water use accounting within a water management area are clearly articulated to licence holders to provide them with a stable water use accounting regime.

Water-sharing rules by region

Disclaimer

The dataset of the water management areas is available from the Spatial Information Repository (contact the Principal Project Officer, Natural Resource Information Management). Natural Resource Sciences, Indooroopilly is the single point of truth for water management area boundaries.

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