Policies: Managing water use

A list of policies currently maintained by the department.

Title Availability Price
21 Great Artesian Basin groundwater management area water sharing rules - WAM/2005/2195 Not available online Not applicable
22 Guideline - Activities in a watercourse or lake undertaken by a holder of an interim resource operations licence, resource operations licence or distribution operations licence - WAP/2011/4766 Online (PDF, 52 kB)* Free
23 Guideline - activities in a watercourse, lake or spring associated with a resource activity or mining operations - WAM/2008/3435 Online (PDF, 137 kB)* Free
24 Guideline - Activities in a watercourse, lake or spring carried out by a landowner - WAP/2011/4765 Online (PDF, 52 kB)* Free
25 Guideline - Activities in a watercourse, lake or spring carried out by an entity - WAP/2010/4165 Online (PDF, 57 kB)* Free
26 Guideline for application by water service providers for approval to restrict use of subartesian water - WAM/2008/3398 Online (PDF, 34 kB)* Free
27 Guideline for establishing and administering stock and domestic allowance for riparian water users in resource operations plan areas - WAM/2006/2417 Online (PDF, 41 kB)* Free
28 Inter-Agency procedures for determining the position of a declared downstream limit of a coastal watercourse - WAM/2006/2662 Not available online Not applicable
29 LOGAN RIVERINE QUARRY MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN - WMI/2003/1339 Online (PDF, 529 kB)* Free
30 METERING WATER EXTRACTIONS POLICY - WAM/2005/2032 Online (PDF, 196 kB)* Free
31 Metering Water Service Providers (including local governments) - WAM/2006/2557 Online (PDF, 116 kB)* Free
32 Oakey Creek groundwater management area water sharing and seasonal water assignment rules - WAM/2005/2213 Online (PDF, 632 kB)* Free
33 Pioneer Groundwater Management Area Water Sharing and Seasonal Water Assignment Rules - WAM/2005/2214 Online (PDF, 64 kB)* Free
34 Principles if amending seasonal water assignment rules in a resource operations plan - WAM/2006/2790 Online (PDF, 26 kB)* Free
35 Protocol - Authorised taking of water without a water entitlement under the Water Regulation 2002 - WAP/2011/4768 Online (PDF, 42 kB)* Free
36 Provision of Customised Water Resources Data Service - WAM/2006/2915 Not available online Not applicable
37 Re-lift Water Interim Policy - WAM/2006/2863 Not available online Not applicable
38 Self-assessable code for the development of riparian water access works on a watercourse, lake or spring - WAM/2003/1160 Online (PDF, 41 kB)* Free
39 Siting of water bores in relation to septic and greywater re-use areas - WAM/2008/3501 Online (PDF, 31 kB)* Free
40 Toowoomba City Basalts groundwater management area seasonal water assignment rules - WAM/2009/3740 Online (PDF, 36 kB)* Free

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