Unallocated water
Find out about unallocated water and get information on current and completed releases.
Topics
Types of unallocated water
Learn about types of unallocated water and the purposes they can be made available for.
Indigenous water reserves
Information on unallocated water reserves held in water plans across Queensland.
Mt Rawdon pumped hydro energy storage–Burnett Basin water plan
Read about the proposal to use water from the strategic reserve in the Burnett Basin water plan to support the Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project.
Lower Brisbane River and Cabbage Tree Creek sub-catchments unallocated water release
How to express interest in accessing water from the Lower Brisbane River and Cabbage Tree Creek sub-catchments.
Granite Belt unallocated surface water release (Accommodation Creek and Pike Creek)
Find out how to tender for surface water allocations downstream of the proposed Emu Swamp Dam site and into the upper and middle Pike creek catchment.
Temporary access to strategic water infrastructure reserves
Unallocated water reserves that have been committed to water infrastructure projects can be accessed for short-term ventures under a temporary water licence.
Expressions of interest for unallocated water from the Western Great Artesian Basin
How to express interest in accessing water from the Hooray, Cadna-owie, Springbok Walloon and Hutton groundwater formations.
Strategic water infrastructure reserve release (Dawson Valley Water Management Area)
Find out how to apply for unallocated water under the Strategic Water Infrastructure Reserve release (Dawson Valley Water Management Area).
Strategic reserve water release (Flinders River catchment)
Read about the release of water from the strategic reserve in the Flinders Catchment.
Gulf unallocated water release (Gilbert, Norman, Leichhardt and Nicholson rivers)
Find out how to apply for the unallocated water release in the Gilbert, Norman and Nicholson catchments and the Lower Leichardt sub-catchment.
Unallocated Great Artesian Basin groundwater (Crows Nest, southern Lockyer and Scenic Rim)
Learn how water users in Crows Nest, southern Lockyer and Scenic Rim can submit a tender application to use unallocated water from the Great Artesian Basin.
Flinders unallocated water release
Read about the tender process for the release of water from the general reserve in the Flinders catchment.
Completed water release processes
Read the key data about release processes that have been completed.
GABORA Western Queensland unallocated water release
Learn about how to apply for access to unallocated Great Artesian Basin water in Western Queensland.