Tools for developing water resource plans

Tools available to assist Basin state governments develop their water resource plans.

The tools include:

  •  water resource plan assessment framework
  • guidelines, handbook and explanatory texts
  • position statements.

These documents are a guide only and are intended to provide advice and support to Basin state governments in relation to Basin Plan, Chapter 10 implementation.

Water resource plans amendment guidelines
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Water resource plan amendment guidelines part 1

In January 2021, the Part 1 guidelines were updated to reference the guidelines for minor amendments (Part 2).


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778.03 KB
Water resource plan amendment guidelines part 2
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690.88 KB
Framework, handbook, guidelines
Publication title Published File type File size
Water resource plan assessment framework

This document was updated in November 2018 to reflect a minor change in roles and responsibilities.


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839.16 KB
Handbook for practitioners
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2.66 MB
Water resource plans (Part 9 guidelines) 17 Aug 2018
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1.68 MB
Water resource plans (Part 14 guidelines)
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679.45 KB
Water resource plan assessment guidelines Part 10 s10.46
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735.66 KB
Water resource plan assessment report template

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority uses this template to assess water resource plans and provide advice for accreditation to the Commonwealth Minister responsible for water.


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1.67 MB
Water resource plan new projects and operational improvements guidelines
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272.33 KB
A framework for incorporating changes to baseline diversion limit estimates presented in the Basin Plan (Barma, 2014)
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424.64 KB
Position statements
Publication title Published File type File size
Explanatory text for position statements
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81.42 KB
1A – Incorporation of Basin Plan amendments
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506.29 KB
1B – Interpreting have regard to
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1,023.11 KB
1F – Overall consistency
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686.74 KB
1G – Socioeconomic requirements
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528.02 KB
1H – Changing reliability
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538.85 KB
1J – Cross border management
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466.98 KB
1K – Publishing water resource plan documentation
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713.81 KB
1M – Water resource plan imposing obligations
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837.23 KB
2A – Accredited water resource plans and evidence
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899.70 KB
2B – Significant hydrological connection
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41.17 KB
3A – Determining planned environmental water
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504.82 KB
3B – Double counting
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455.71 KB
3C – Method for determining take
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628.77 KB
3D – Changes to BDL
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478.12 KB
3E – Interpretation of annual permitted take
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1.01 MB
3F – Limits on certain forms of take
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648.71 KB
3G – Characteristics of water access rights
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632.67 KB
3H – Planning assumptions
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478.99 KB
3J – Limiting take
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597.54 KB
3K – Take in the context of a water resource plan
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696.97 KB
4A – Consistency with s10.17
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626.60 KB
4B – Priority environmental assets dependent on groundwater
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452.77 KB
4C – Groundwater and surface water connections
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457.17 KB
4D – Productive base of groundwater
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472.98 KB
4E – Environmental outcomes relating to groundwater
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492.84 KB
4F – Describe how part 4 was met
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32.20 KB
5A – Interceptions
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823.37 KB
6A – Change in PEW protection
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1.03 MB
6B – Consistency with planning for environmental watering
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454.86 KB
6C – Enabling environmental watering between connected water resources
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689.50 KB
6D – Groundwater planned and held environmental water
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696.76 KB
7A – Requirements for water quality management
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260.54 KB
7B – Alternative water quality target values
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853.33 KB
9A – Risk assessment method
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508.04 KB
9B – Risk assessment strategies
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534.60 KB
10A – Monitoring obligations
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547.27 KB
10B – Long term annual average take
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777.91 KB
12A – Best available information
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453.96 KB
14A – Aboriginal objectives and outcomes
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478.63 KB

Published date: 21 December 2021