Draft Plan for open feedback

Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide their feedback. We have now started the next phase of this project, and a draft amended Water Allocation Plan for Eyre Peninsula’s groundwater resources is available for stakeholder feedback.

To draft the amended Plan, we considered updated science and information about the region’s long-term reductions in rainfall, falling groundwater levels, increasing salinity risks, the health of groundwater dependent ecosystems, and supply and demand considerations.

This follows a review of the Plan which indicated that the groundwater resources are no longer able to supply the same amount of water to support the region’s needs. Stakeholder and community consultation on the review of the 2016 Water Allocation Plan was undertaken from October 2024 to April 2025 including via this YourSAy page.

If you would like to be involved with helping to shape the draft plan, submissions are open until 16 December 2025 via a new YourSAy page www.yoursay.sa.gov.au/ep-water-allocation-plan-draft-2026 – we’d love to hear your thoughts.