River Murray water allocation plan

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This consultation has closed. Thank you for your interest.

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The Water Allocation Plan is a legal document that:

• sets out rules for determining water entitlements, water allocations, water trading, and approvals for the taking and use of a prescribed water resource to ensure its sustainability
• provides greater security for water users and takes into account the needs of the environment
• includes an assessment of the capacity of the resource to meet current and future demands
• includes an assessment of the needs of water dependent ecosystems
• includes principles in relation to water affecting activities
• includes monitoring requirements for licence holders and the water resource.

This is your opportunity to comment on the draft plan as we are seeking your feedback on this update. This draft includes policies and lessons learnt from drought that happened after the plans adoption.

There are a series of four factsheets below to provide you with more background and context. Please read these to give an informed opinion.

• Factsheet 1: what is the draft River Murray Water Allocation Plan? (PDF 276 kb)
• Factsheet 2: summary of changes in the draft plan (PDF 417 kb)
• Factsheet 3: what do the changes mean for licence holders? (PDF 422 kb)
• Factsheet 4: what do the changes mean for the environment? (PDF 456 kb)

If you are looking for more information please go to the Natural Resources South Australia Murrary Darling Basin website.

Your feedback can be provided through:

• having YourSAy on the blog
• this short survey
• by email to rmwap.feedback@sa.gov.au
• in writing to:

Peta Brettig
Senior Project Officer
River Murray Water Allocation Plan
Natural Resources, SA Murrary-Darling Basin
GPO Box 2834
Adelaide SA 5001