sec.21Water plan outcomes—environmental

sec.21 Water plan outcomes—environmental

The environmental water plan outcomes for this plan are— to maintain and if possible improve flows of water to which this plan applies that support— native plants and animals and their associated freshwater habitats; and riparian systems and their functions; and long-term water quality suitable for riverine and estuarine ecosystems; and river forming processes; and ecosystem food chains and the provision of carbon energy; and the health and persistence of waterholes in subcatchment areas E, F and G; and to maintain and if possible improve flows of water to which this plan applies that support the continued capability of 1 part of a river system to be connected to another— throughout the watercourse network; and within riparian zones, floodplains and associated freshwater habitats; and to maintain and if possible improve flows of water to which this plan applies that support freshwater flows to the estuary in the plan area in order to— provide freshwater flow from the plan area to marine waters of the Great Barrier Reef; and deliver sediment, nutrients and organic matter that support productivity in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef that receive flows of water from the plan area; and maintain brackish water estuarine habitat; and benefit native estuarine plants and animals; and the management and allocation of underground water in the plan area to maintain underground water contributions to— the flow of water in watercourses, lakes and springs; and groundwater dependent ecosystems, including wetlands, springs and terrestrial vegetation communities. In this section— waterhole means a part of a watercourse that contains water after the watercourse ceases to flow, other than a part of a watercourse that is within the storage area of a dam on the watercourse. (sec.21-ssec.1) The environmental water plan outcomes for this plan are— to maintain and if possible improve flows of water to which this plan applies that support— native plants and animals and their associated freshwater habitats; and riparian systems and their functions; and long-term water quality suitable for riverine and estuarine ecosystems; and river forming processes; and ecosystem food chains and the provision of carbon energy; and the health and persistence of waterholes in subcatchment areas E, F and G; and to maintain and if possible improve flows of water to which this plan applies that support the continued capability of 1 part of a river system to be connected to another— throughout the watercourse network; and within riparian zones, floodplains and associated freshwater habitats; and to maintain and if possible improve flows of water to which this plan applies that support freshwater flows to the estuary in the plan area in order to— provide freshwater flow from the plan area to marine waters of the Great Barrier Reef; and deliver sediment, nutrients and organic matter that support productivity in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef that receive flows of water from the plan area; and maintain brackish water estuarine habitat; and benefit native estuarine plants and animals; and the management and allocation of underground water in the plan area to maintain underground water contributions to— the flow of water in watercourses, lakes and springs; and groundwater dependent ecosystems, including wetlands, springs and terrestrial vegetation communities. (sec.21-ssec.2) In this section— waterhole means a part of a watercourse that contains water after the watercourse ceases to flow, other than a part of a watercourse that is within the storage area of a dam on the watercourse.