The purpose of this guideline is to provide additional guidance on having regard to water quality targets for managing water flows in the Murray–Darling Basin. The guideline applies to the management of water flows by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), the Basin Officials Committee (BOC) and agencies of the Basin States, and decisions about the use of environmental water by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH), holders of held environmental water and managers of planned environmental water.
In providing additional guidance, this Guideline complements:
- Basin Plan Schedule 12 Reporting Guideline
- Handbook for Practitioners – Water resource plan requirements
- Water Resource Plan Requirements: Position Statement 1B, Interpreting ‘have regard to’.
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