Environment and Resource Management

Gulf

Current status of planning activities

Water resource plan (WRP)
Intention to prepare draft WRP announced Draft WRP released Final WRP approved
06-06-03 26-10-06 01-11-07
Resource operations plan (ROP)
Intention to prepare draft ROP announced Draft ROP released Final ROP approved
03-11-06 24-10-08

Draft resource operations plan

The Gulf draft Resource Operations Plan (PDF, 885K)* was released on 24 October 2008 for public comment—submissions have now closed. A summary (PDF, 1.4M)* accompanies the draft plan.

Request to modify interests in a water allocation

Attachments 7 and 8 of the Gulf draft Resource Operations Plan contain lists of water entitlement holders whose entitlements will be converted to water allocations when the resource operations plan is finalised. If there are changes to the tenancy arrangements listed on your water entitlement please inform the Chief Executive of the Department of Natural Resources and Water by completing a Section 101(1)(a)-Request to modify interests in a water allocation form (PDF, 34K)* .

Water resource plan

The Minister for Natural Resources and Water released the Water Resource (Gulf) Plan 2007 (listed as item 268) in November 2007. To read the supporting explanatory notes, click the icon next to the plan in item 268.

Community consultation

In finalising the plan, the minister considered all properly-made submissions about the draft plan. The Gulf Water Resource Plan consultation Report (PDF, 394K)* summarises the issues raised during the consultation process and how they have been dealt with in finalising the water resource plan.

Public notice

Public notice of availability of Gulf Basin draft Resource Operations Plans, (PDF, 68K)* 28 October 2008 .

Map of Gulf Basin

You can also download a detailed Gulf water planning area map (PDF, 211K)* .

Contact us

If you have any problems downloading any of these documents, or would like more information about the Gulf water planning activities, please contact;

Cloncurry Office
72 Uhr Street
PO Box 7
CLONCURRY QLD 4824

Phone: (07) 4742 8205
Fax: (07) 4742 8220
Email: Gulf WRP coordinator 

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Last updated: 09 October 2009

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