Water management in your state/territory
Queensland
| Water Management Function | Organisation | Key responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Water pricing and economic regulation | Queensland Competition Authority | Price recommendation, review of pricing policies, third party access and price monitoring. |
| Water planning and management | Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) | Administer the Water Act 2000, including issuing water licences, water allocations, resource and distribution operations licences. Prepare and implement water resource plans and resource operation plans. Prepare water industry guidelines and approve water service provider plans. |
| Water markets governance | DERM | May prepare a resource operations plan, which includes trading rules, to implement a water resource plan. Administer water licences, interim water allocations, water allocations and resource and distribution operations licences. Manage, approve and register permanent water trades. Approve seasonal water assignments (temporary trade) in unsupplemented systems. |
| Resource operations licence holders | Approve seasonal water assignments (temporary trade) in supplemented and systems. | |
| Rural/ Bulk water supply and services | SEQ Water Gladstone Area Water Board Brisbane City Council Mount Isa Water Board North Queensland Water Caloundra-Maroochy Water Supply Board Fitzroy River Water SunWater Rural water boards |
Urban water utilities e.g. Brisbane City Council provide water to towns and cities and take responsibility for disposal of urban and industrial wastewater. Rural water utilities e.g. SunWater are responsible for supplying water for non urban water uses, particularly irrigation and stock and domestic supply. They also manage public reservoirs and supply water to urban water authorities. |
| Water quality management | DERM | Administer the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and subordinate legislation including and environmental protection policies that involve water quality objectives, including the Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 and Queensland Water Quality Guidelines. |