Territory Stories

Alice Springs Water Allocation Plan 2016 - 2026

Details:

Title

Alice Springs Water Allocation Plan 2016 - 2026,

Creator

Heppner, Kate,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Land Resource Management, Water Resources Division,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Report No ; 01/2016,

Date

2016-02-11,

Location

Alice Springs,

Description

This document, the Alice Springs Water Allocation Plan (the plan) has been developed to provide an adaptive management framework for the allocation of water resources. The plan applies to all surface water and groundwater within the Alice Springs Water Control District (the district), and incorporates the precautionary principle as far as possible. The four principal objectives of the plan are to: - Maintain public water supply - Protect the environment - Support Indigenous culture and communities; and - Ensure sustainable development,

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Water Management Policies and Processes -- 3. The Alice Springs Water Control District -- 4. Surface Water -- 5. Town -- 6. Inner Farm Basin -- 7. Outer Farm Basin -- 8. Wanngardi Basin -- 9. Roe Creek Management Zone: Mereenie Aquifer System -- 10. Roe Creek Management Zone: Pacoota Sandstone Aquifer -- 11. Roe Creek Management Zone: Shannon & Goyder Formation Aquifer -- 12. Rocky Hill Management Zone: Mereenie Aquifer System -- 13. Rocky Hill Management Zone: Pacoota Sandstone Aquifer -- 14. Rocky Hill Management Zone: Shannon and Goyder Formation Aquifer -- 15. Other Aquifers -- 16. Licensing -- 17. Objectives, Strategies and Performance Indicators -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- References -- Appendices.,

Language

English,

Subject

Water-supply -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs, Water -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs -- Composition, Water-supply -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs -- Management, Water quality -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs -- Analysis, Alice Springs Water Allocation Plan, Alice Springs Water Control District,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Alice Springs,

Series

Report No ; 01/2016,

Format

v, 53 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781921937477,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/260262,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/802138