This document summarises the content of the proposed Basin Plan, chapter by chapter.  It also includes appendixes about the additional studies used to develop the proposed plan.

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Contents

• Publication details
• Acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the Murray–Darling Basin
• Proposed Basin Plan - Invitation for public submissions
• Explanatory note - What's behind the proposed Basin Plan's recommendations
• Chapter 1— Introduction
• Chapter 2— Basin water resources
• Chapter 3— Water resource plan areas and water accounting periods
• Chapter 4— The identification and management of risks to Basin water resources
• Chapter 5— Management objectives and outcomes
• Chapter 6— Water that can be taken
• Chapter 7— Environmental Watering Plan
• Chapter 8— Water Quality and Salinity Management Plan
• Chapter 9— Water resource plan requirements
• Chapter 10— Critical human water needs
• Chapter 11— Water trading rules
• Chapter 12— Program for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the Basin Plan
• Schedule 1— Basin water resources and the context for their use
• Schedule 2— Matters relating to surface-water SDL resource units
• Schedule 3— Baseline diversion limits for surface-water SDL resource units
• Schedule 4— Matters relating to groundwater SDL resource units
• Schedule 5— Criteria for identifying an environmental asset
• Schedule 6— Criteria for identifying an ecosystem function
• Schedule 7— Targets to measure progress towards objectives
• Schedule 8— Key causes of water quality
• Schedule 9— Target values for target application zones
• Schedule 10— Basin Plan outcomes and reporting requirements
• Appendix A— Outline of the scientific knowledge
• Appendix B— Outline of the socioeconomic analysis
• Glossary