Warrego–Paroo–Nebine water resource plan
This water resource plan is the prevailing management plan for the surface water and groundwater resources in the Warrego-Paroo-Nebine water resource plan area.
The plan was accredited by the Australian Government minister as being consistent with the Basin Plan on 15 June 2017. The Minister’s decision instrument and the explanatory statement are available on the Federal Register of Legislation.
The Warrego–Paroo–Nebine water resource plan is made up of a number of documents. The key document is the Warrego-Paroo-Nebine water resource plan.
The index in the Warrego-Paroo-Nebine water resource plan identifies the documents and instruments that meet each requirement for water resource plans, as set out in chapter 10 of the Basin Plan. The accredited versions of these documents are available below.
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Downloads
Key documents
Warrego-Paroo-Nebine water resource plan
Warrego Paroo Nebine Water Resource Plan - recommendation on the accreditaion
Warrego Paroo Nebine Water Resource Plan - the Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations advice
Relevant state legislation and policy
Water Act 2000 (Qld) – as at 2 October 2015
Water Regulation 2002 (Qld) – as at 1 December 2015
Water resource (Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine) plan 2016 – as at 12 February 2016
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine resource operations plan – as at February 2016
Healthy waters management plan: Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine basins – as at February 2016
Long term watering plan for the Warrego–Paroo–Nebine catchment – as at January 2016
Queensland interim water meter standard for non-urban metering, State of Queensland – as at November 2014
Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) – as at 2 October 2015
Intergovernment agreement for the Paroo River between New South Wales and Queensland – as at 18 July 2003
Explanatory reports
Water accounting methods report for Warrego-Paroo-Nebine water resource plan - as at November 2016
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource plan and amended resource operations plan: consultation report – as at February 2016
Consultation summary report: healthy water management plan for the Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine basins – as at February 2016
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine draft water resource plan and amended resource operations plan: overview report – as at September 2014
Implementation review report: Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource plan and resource operations plan – as at November 2013
Review of water resource (Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine) plan 2003 and resource operations plan: responses to independent science review – October 2013
Assessment reports
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource plan and resource operations plan: Aboriginal values and uses– as at January 2016
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource plan review: risk assessment of insufficient water available for surface and groundwater users – as at February 2016
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource plan review: risk assessment of insufficient water available for the environment – as at February 2016
Review of Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource and resource operations plans: socioeconomic assessment – as at April 2014
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource plan and amended resource operations plan: cultural assessment – as at April 2014
Review of water resource (Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine) plan 2003, environmental assessment report – stage 1 – October 2013
Review of water resource (Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine) plan 2003 and resource operations plan: environmental assessment report – stage 2 – October 2013
Review of water resource (Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine) plan 2003 and resource operations plan: environmental risk assessment for selected ecological assets – October 2013
Risk assessment and threat prioritisation: Bulloo, Paroo, Warrego and Nebine catchments: stream and estuary assessment program – as at June 2012
Technical reports
Sediments above the Great Artesian Basin: groundwater background paper – as at February 2016
St George alluvium: groundwater background paper – as at February 2016
Warrego Alluvium: groundwater background paper – as at February 2016
Warrego River: Warrego River model results to support Basin Plan requirements – as at January 2016
Paroo River: Paroo Creek model results to support Basin Plan requirements – as at January 2016
Nebine Creek: Nebine Creek model results to support Basin Plan requirements – as at January 2016
Warrego River: catchment IQQM calibration – as at January 2016
Paroo River: catchment IQQM calibration – as at January 2016
Nebine Creek system: catchment IQQM calibration – as at January 2016
Improved assessment of the impact of stock and domestic farm dams in Queensland: statewide assessment: report 1 – 28 March 2012. (Sinclair Knight Mertz)
Improved assessment of the impact of stock and domestic farm dams in Queensland: statewide assessment; report 2 – 28 March 2012. (Sinclair Knight Mertz)
Queensland Murray-Darling Basin, report to Department of Environment and Resource Management: methodology for estimating the take of groundwater for stock and domestic purposes in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin, report to Department of Environmental and Resource Management – December 2011. (Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia)
Sustainable extraction limits derived from the recharge risk assessment method – Queensland: report to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority – December 2010. (CSIRO) and (Sinclair Knight Mertz)
