Management of surface water caps

The table below provides information on the management of surface water caps by indicating the authorities that are responsible for their administration and the extent to which auditing is undertaken and whether those audits are publicly available. It can be seen that only Victoria and the Murray-Darling Basin Commission audits surface water caps and publishes the audit reports.

Management of surface water caps

State or territory Number of surface water management areas with caps on surface water usage and abstraction Administrator of cap (i.e. Licensing Authority) Number of caps that are audited Number of audit reports publicly available
Australian Capital Territory 1 Environment ACT 0 0
New South Wales 45 DNR 9 0
Northern Territory 40 NRETA 0 0
Queensland 19 NRMW 0 0
South Australia 22 DWLBC 0 0
Tasmania 38 DPIW 0 0
Victoria 29 DSE (19 WMAs) and MDBC (10 WMAs) 29 29
Western Australia 0 n/a 0 0

National

194

 n/a 38 29

Note:

DNR = Department of Natural Resources
NRETA = Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
NRMW = Department of Natural Resources Mines and Water
DWLBC = Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation
DPIW = Department of Primary Industries and Water
DSE = Department of Sustainability and Environment
WMA = water management area
MDBC = Murray-Darling Basin Commission

 

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