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Current Thinking on draft Basin Plan

Current Thinking on draft Basin Plan. 4 October 2011. The Basin - A Long History. Murray Darling Basin Commission 1987. COAG Agreement 2008. National Water Initiative and The Living Murray First Step 2004. Constitution 1901. 1990’s Cap on Diversions and Water markets.

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Current Thinking on draft Basin Plan

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  1. Current Thinking on draft Basin Plan 4 October 2011

  2. The Basin - A Long History Murray Darling Basin Commission 1987 COAG Agreement 2008 National Water Initiative and The Living Murray First Step 2004 Constitution 1901 1990’s Cap on Diversions and Water markets 2010 Guide to the proposed Basin Plan 2007 Commonwealth Water Act and Murray-Darling Basin Authority 1914 River Murray Commission 1901 2010

  3. What we heard • Reform is needed - manage the Basin as a whole, recognising uniqueness of regions • Better recognise the social, cultural & economic role of the Basin • Need to recognise past effort and understand the potential impacts of water reform • Many different views on how to achieve balance and the scale of change required • Concerns about practical use of environmental water and whether it can be physically delivered. • Concerns about effects of buy backs on communities

  4. The Central Task

  5. What has changed since the Guide? • Improved baseline • More robust modeling • 7 year transition – progressive implementation • SDLs in 2019 • 2015 review point • Adaptive management • Localism – placing communities and local knowledge at the heart of the solutions

  6. How much more environmental water? Current thinking (baseline year 2009): Basin wide • 2,800 GL/y (long-term average) However: • since 2009; 890 GL recovered (March 2011) Therefore by 2019: • a little over 1,900 GL to be recovered in 2 phases SDLs set at catchment scale

  7. Recovery of environmental water Environmental Water FINAL SUSTAINABLE DIVERSION LIMITS 850 GL/YRECOVERED (TLM) 890 GL/YRECOVERED (buy-back) POTENTIAL TO DECREASE SDL CURRENT DIVERSIONS POTENTIAL TO INCREASE SDL Consumptive Water 1995 CAP beginning of sustainability 2004 National Water Initiative commences 2009 2012 Basin Plan adopted 2015 Basin Plan checkpoint 2019 Basin Plan fully Enforced sustainable Diversion Limits(need to be met)

  8. An Adaptive Plan 1,900GL 995 GL 995 GL ± a ± b - c ± d Water recovery Water buyback irrigation efficiency (a) Works and measures qp (b) New information qp New lines of evidence Commence review and amend SDL Review WQSMP, EWP, and impacts (c) Optimising river operations q (d) Monitoring and evaluation qp 2012 2015 2017 2019

  9. Basin Plan Pathway REVIEW SDLs in light of (a) Infrastructure (b) Localism (c) Windsor rules review (d) New Knowledge Take Stock BASIN PLAN COMMENCES (a) Long term EWP (2012) (b) Salinitytargets (2012) (c) Trading rules (2013/14) (d) Monitoring & Evaluation (2012) Amend Basin Plan if needed BASIN PLAN SDL’s Commence State plans consistent with Basin Plan Interim or transitional State plans ... STATE PLANS ... are revised and accredited in line with BP 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

  10. What’s next for the proposed Basin Plan? Basin Plan is subject to parliamentary scrutiny Explanatory notes – a plain English summary of the proposed Basin Plan A healthy Working Basin Minimum 20 week Public consultation Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council Commonwealth Water Minister Basin Plan Becomes Law Draft Basin Plan Basin Plan is continually refined and improved

  11. Thank You

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