Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water plan area
This information will help you understand how water is managed in the water plan area and how you can access water.
Map of the water plan area
Check whether your property is covered by the plan on the Queensland Globe water plan map (use Google Chrome for best results) or download the Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water plan area map (PDF, 668KB).
What's happening?
- 8 November 2024: The Water Use Report 2022–23 is published.
- August 2023: The moratorium notice for works to take contaminated agricultural runoff was withdrawn. Read the withdrawal notice (PDF, 130KB). New works to capture contaminated agricultural runoff in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin will be required to operate under store and release arrangements.
Previous milestones
- 19 January 2023: The Water Use Report: Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine 2021–22 was published as part of our commitment to increased transparency of water data.
- 12 December 2022: The Warrego, Paroo and Nebine long-term watering plan was published. It identifies priority environmental assets, functions, objectives and targets.
- 10 September 2021: Provisions from the Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine Resources Operations Plan have been recast into contemporary documents under provisions of the Water Act 2000. A water management protocol (PDF, 3.3MB), one resources operations licence (PDF, 175KB) and operations manual (PDF, 396KB) have now been published.
- 12 February 2021: The latest Minister's report (PDF, 2.6MB) and summary of environmental monitoring (PDF, 2.5MB) are available. This provides a performance assessment of the Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water plan.
- June 2017: The Warrego, Paroo and Nebine water resource plan was accredited by the Australian Government.
Water management
Summary
| Type of water | Management |
|---|---|
| Surface water | Check the water plan information below for rules and requirements |
| Overland flow | Check the water plan information below for rules and requirements |
| Underground water | Check the Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water plan for underground water and spring water in the Great Artesian Basin and other important regional aquifers. Check the Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water plan (below) for other underground water |
Water plan information
- Water plan – to be read in conjunction with the provisions of the resource operations plan (PDF, 1.5MB) included in the water plan
- Water Management Protocol (PDF, 3.3MB)
- Access historical documents and reports and previous water plans
- Access the Minister's performance reports for the plan
Water supply scheme operators
The following schemes operate in the water plan area.
| Name | Operator | Licence | Manual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunnamulla Water Supply Scheme | Sunwater | Resource operations licence (PDF, 77KB) | Operations manual (PDF, 396KB) |
Accessing water
Follow these links for more information on how to access water in the water plan area.
| Announced entitlements and limits | The water you can take through your water entitlement may be limited. Check announced entitlements and limits for unsupplemented water or check the water scheme supply operator for supplemented water |
|---|---|
| Unallocated water releases | No current releases |
| Water allocation trading | Check the Water Management Protocol (PDF, 3.3MB) for dealing rules for unsupplemented water |
| Seasonal water assignment | Water supply schemes: check the operations manual (PDF, 396KB) for rules Unsupplemented water: check the Water Management Protocol (PDF, 3.3MB) and read about the application process |
Contact us
Contact the Toowoomba business centre for more information on water management and how you can access water in the Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water plan area.
Also consider...
- Explore the various ways we use science to develop, monitor, review and evaluate our water plans using our interactive storymap.
- Read Queensland's water plans in a variable and changing climate report to understand how water plans incorporate climate science and manage the risks of climate variability.
- Find out more about Indigenous water reserves.
- Get streamflow and groundwater data from the Queensland Government Water monitoring information portal.
- Access maps and water data using Queensland Globe or the water entitlement viewer.
- Find out about river improvement trusts and their work.
- View price information for permanent water allocation trades and relocatable water licences.
- Read about water planning and learn where to find information in the new water planning documents.
- Read the Water planning science plan 2020–2030 to find out how we use science to develop water plans and improve water planning.