Water Management Partnership Agreement — The Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales
Signed 11 January 2010
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Water Management Partnership Agreement
The Water Management Partnership Agreement is made between and binds the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales.
On 3 July 2008 the Commonwealth and the Basin States (being the States of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory) signed an Intergovernmental Agreement on Murray-Darling Basin Reform (IGA). Alongside the Water Act 2007, the IGA progresses the objectives of the National Water Initiative (NWI) which are to increase the productivity and efficiency of Australia's water use, to service rural and urban communities and to ensure the health of river and groundwater systems. In doing so the IGA reaffirms the parties' commitment to the NWI.
Part Four of the IGA provides for the Basin States and the Commonwealth to enter into Water Management Partnership Agreements to give effect to the urgent need to undertake water reforms in the Murray-Darling Basin to deliver a sustainable cap on surface water and groundwater diversions across the Murray-Darling Basin to ensure the future of communities, industry and enhanced environmental outcomes.
The Water Management Partnership Agreements provide for the Basin States to undertake one or more Priority Projects that will substantially contribute to improved water use efficiency and enhance the sustainability of rural water use in the Murray-Darling Basin. The Agreements recognise the direct link between the need for the Basin States to undertake water reforms in the Murray-Darling Basin and the provision of Commonwealth funding for each Priority Project. This Commonwealth funding is provided from its Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure program, which is a component of the Commonwealth's Water for the Future initiative.
In entering into this Agreement, the Commonwealth and the State recognise that they have a shared responsibility and mutual interest in improving outcomes in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Project Schedules
Project schedules form part of the Water Management Partnership Agreement and formalise the specific funding arrangements for each of the agreed State Priority Projects.
Links to funding schedules/agreements are below:
Gwydir Valley Pilot Project
- Project Schedule dated 12 October 2009 (PDF - 1,833 KB) | (Word - 491 KB)
- Variation 1 to Schedule dated 5 July 2010 (PDF - 5,431 KB) | (Word - 141 KB)
- Variation 2 to Schedule dated 2 December 2010 (PDF - 1,613 KB) | (Word - 31 KB)
NSW Metering Pilot Project
- Project Schedule dated 4 May 2010 (PDF - 4,214 KB) | (Word - 48 KB)
- Variation to Schedule dated 1 May 2012 (PDF - 225 KB) | Variation to Schedule dated 1 May 2012(Word - 238 KB)
NSW Basin Pipes Project
- Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012 (PDF - 288 KB) | Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012(Word - 81 KB)
NSW Healthy Floodplains Project
- Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012 (PDF - 250 KB) | Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012(Word - 273 KB)
NSW Irrigated Farm Modernisation Project
- Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012 (PDF - 257 KB) | Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012(Word - 238 KB)
NSW Metering Project
- Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012 (PDF - 270 KB) | Project Schedule dated 4 June 2012(Word - 275 KB)
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