AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Water Resources Act
Water Resources Management Plan 2004
Disallowable Instrument DI 2004—66

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Overview

The Water Resources Act 1998 requires the preparation of a Water Resources Management Plan which includes;
(a)	a description of the water resources of the Territory including
the flows required to meet the environmental needs of
individual waterways or aquifers or parts of individual
waterways or aquifers; and
(b)	the proposed water allocations for the next succeeding 10
years; and
(c)	water allocations to be created for urban water supply, industry
and other uses; and
(d)	action to be taken by the authority to manage the water
resources of the Territory.

The attached document entitled Think water act water includes these components and will become the Water Resources Management Plan 2004, replacing the current Plan completed in 1999.