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Water Policy Advisory Notes

A series of 14 water policy advisory notes were prepared on a whole of government basis to assist in the development of the water sharing plans. These are:

Policy advices for regulated rivers

1. managing to diversion limits in regulated rivers (PDF 211KB)
2. supplementary water access (PDF 204KB)
3. floodplain harvesting (PDF 196KB)
4. high security water (PDF 226KB)

Policy advices for unregulated rivers

5. managing to diversion limits in inland unregulated rivers (PDF 217KB)
6. water extraction volumes and daily flow shares in unregulated rivers (PDF 579KB)
7. diversion limits for coastal unregulated rivers (PDF 199KB)

Policy advices for groundwater

8. groundwater quantity management (PDF 62KB)
9. groundwater dependent ecosystems (PDF 204KB)

Policy advice for coastal/estuarine areas

10. freshwater flows to estuaries and coastal waters (PDF 224KB)

Policy advices across all water sources

11. integrating water quality and river flow objectives in the water sharing plans (PDF 216KB)
12. conservation of aquatic and riparian biodiversity and threatened species management (PDF 209KB)
13. incorporating the results of the weir review program in the water sharing plans (PDF 199KB)
14. Aboriginal issues and cultural heritage protection (PDF 44KB)