The Water Allocations Register is an accurate and secure register that centrally records ownership and other information on water allocations, which are assets separate from land. This is similar to how details of land ownership and dealings are recorded on the Land Registry, and the Registrar of Land Titles is also the Registrar of Water Allocations.

To have effect, the trade of a water allocation must be recorded on the register.

• Searching the register
• Resource-related attributes of a water allocation
• More information

Searching the register

You can search the Water Allocations Register for a copy of a water allocation title at an NRW Land Information and Titles Office and paying the required fee.

Searches of titles and copies of dealings are also available from public access providers.

To conduct a search, you need to know the lot on plan number and title reference of the water allocation.

Information on a water allocation title

A water allocation title records:

• the names of the holder(s) and tenancy arrangements
• a description of the registered, resource-related attributes
• identifiers such as lot, crown plan and title reference
• registered and unregistered dealings
• encumbrances and interests (e.g.mortgages)
• administrative advices (e.g. settlement notices).

Like land, a water allocation may be described by referring to:

• the lot on plan number, which is used as the water allocation number (e.g. Lot 777).
• the administrative or Crown Plan (AP) number assigned to each resource operations plan (e.g. AP6688)
• its unique title reference (e.g. 46008989).

You must use these descriptors in any water allocation dealings, including applying for a subdivision or lodging transfer documents.

Approved ROPs and associated Crown Plan number

Resource operations plan	Crown Plan no.
Barron	AP8354
Border Rivers	AP7583
Boyne	AP7197
Burnett	AP6975
Condamine - Balonne	AP7585
Fitzroy	AP6829
Pioneer	AP7900
Warrego–Paroo–Bulloo–Nebine	AP13211
Moonie	AP13210

Draft ROPs and associated Crown Plan number

Resource operations plan	Crown Plan no.
Logan Basin	AP14819
Burdekin Basin	AP7197
Gulf	AP19405

Resource-related attributes of a water allocation

As well as specifying the holder(s) and tenancy arrangements, the Water Allocations Register also records the following attributes of a water allocation:

• the location (supplemented or unsupplemented)

• the purpose (supplemented or unsupplemented)

• the conditions required by NRW (supplemented or unsupplemented)

• the nominal volume (supplemented or unsupplemented)

• the priority group (supplemented only)

• the extraction rate (unsupplemented only)

• the flow conditions (unsupplemented only)

• the volumetric limit (unsupplemented only)

• the water allocation group (unsupplemented only).

Forms and fees

The lodgement forms and fee structures are similar to those used for land dealings.

Registration forms

• Transfer (PDF, 70 kB)*
• General request (PDF, 70 kB)*
• Property transfer information (PDF, 284 kB)*

Fees

• Application fees
• Lodgement fees

More information

For more information, see the brochure Trading water allocations (PDF, 132 kB)*.

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