Water Act 2007

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The Water Act 2007 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework for managing and protecting the Murray–Darling Basin’s water resources through coordinated, sustainable, and environmentally focused governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Australia) ⓘ
amendedBy Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Act 2012 ⓘ
Water Amendment Act 2008 ⓘ
appliesTo groundwater in the Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
surface water in the Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
basedOn Commonwealth corporations power ⓘ
Commonwealth external affairs power ⓘ
Commonwealth trade and commerce power ⓘ
commencementYear 2007 ⓘ
confersPowersOn Commonwealth Water Minister ⓘ
Murray–Darling Basin Authority ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Australia ⓘ
establishes Basin Community Committee ⓘ
Basin Officials Committee ⓘ
Murray–Darling Basin Authority ⓘ
Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council (as reconstituted at the Commonwealth level) ⓘ
focusesOn cooperative federalism in water management ⓘ
integrated Basin-wide water planning ⓘ
governs Murray–Darling Basin water resources ⓘ
hasPart provisions on enforcement and compliance ⓘ
provisions on water charge rules ⓘ
provisions on water information collection and dissemination ⓘ
provisions on water market rules ⓘ
implements elements of the National Water Initiative ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make provision for the management of the water resources of the Murray–Darling Basin, and for other purposes ⓘ
policyArea environmental protection ⓘ
intergovernmental water governance ⓘ
water resource management ⓘ
primaryPurpose environmentally sustainable management of water resources ⓘ
management of Murray–Darling Basin water resources ⓘ
promotion of sustainable use of water resources ⓘ
protection of Murray–Darling Basin water resources ⓘ
providesFor environmental watering plans ⓘ
monitoring and evaluation of Basin water resources ⓘ
setting sustainable diversion limits ⓘ
water information functions of the Bureau of Meteorology ⓘ
water quality and salinity management plans ⓘ
water resource planning at the Basin scale ⓘ
region Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
relatedTo Murray–Darling Basin Agreement ⓘ
requires consideration of environmental, social and economic impacts ⓘ
consultation with Basin States on Basin Plan ⓘ
requiresPreparationOf Murray–Darling Basin Plan ⓘ
linked to: Basin Plan 2012
royalAssentDate 2007-06-28 ⓘ
shortTitle Water Act 2007 ⓘ

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New South Wales water management framework → hasLegalBasis → Commonwealth Water Act 2007 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Water Act 2007
Water Act 2007 → shortTitle → Water Act 2007 ⓘ
MDBA → legalBasis → Water Act 2007 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Water Act 2007
MDBA → establishedBy → Water Act 2007 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Water Act 2007
Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder → legalBasis → Water Act 2007 (Cth) ⓘ
linked to: Water Act 2007
Basin Plan 2012 → basedOnAct → Water Act 2007 ⓘ