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Introduction

The legislation and policy that forms the framework for water planning in South Australia are:

National

  • Intergovernmental Agreement of a National Water Initiative (NWI)
  • Water Resources plan requirements in the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Plan
  • Protocol for referral of Project Applications for Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mine Development (PDF or Word)

State

  • Natural Resources Management Act 2004 and associated regulations
  • South Australian Strategic Plan
  • State Natural Resources Management Plan

Regional

  • Regional Natural Resources Management Plans
  • Regional Water Allocation Plans

Publications
  • Surface Water Modelling to Support the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges Water Resource Plan (8MB PDF file)
  • Australian Government Initiative on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining - Arckaringa Basin and Pedirka Basin Groundwater Assessment Projects (13MB PDF file)
  • A hydrogeological characterisation of the Arckaringa Basin (24MB PDF file)
  • Pedirka Basin numerical groundwater model 2014 (13MB PDF file)
  • Arckaringa Basin Numerical Groundwater Model 2014 (30MB PDF file)
  • Pedirka Basin Finke River-recharge study (47MB PDF file)

Related Links
  • Border Groundwaters Agreement South Australia - Victoria
  • Essential Services Commission of SA (ESCOSA) - water information
  • National Resources Management Act 2004
  • Reservoirs overview on SA Water
  • Delivering for South Australia
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Acknowledgement of Country

The Department for Environment and Water acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.

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