Beneficial Use

Beneficial Use is a legislated process that reduces the effects of water pollution and assists in the protection and management of water. The community decides how a particular water body should be used by choosing on one or more Beneficial Use categories.

• List of Declarations (pdf 19Kb)
• Beneficial Uses fact sheet (pdf 368Kb)

Maps

Location	Map -pdf	Gazettal Notice- pdf
Alice Springs Water Control District	179Kb	251Kb
Coomalie Creek Catchment Surface Water	197Kb	39Kb
Copperfield Creek Surface Water	202Kb	78Kb
Crater Lake	277Kb	28Kb
Darwin and Blackmore Rivers Ground Water	660Kb	38Kb
Darwin and Blackmore Rivers Surface Water	666Kb	38Kb
Darwin Harbour	464Kb	54Kb
Edith River Surface Water	209Kb	65Kb
Elizabeth and Howard Rivers Ground Water	190Kb	72Kb
Elizabeth and Howard Rivers Surface Water	222Kb	72Kb
Fog Bay Area	487Kb	47Kb
Gove Area Marine Waters	358Kb	43Kb
Groote Eylandt Area Marine Waters	366Kb	56Kb
Howley Creek Surface Water	154Kb	60Kb
Hudson Creek	479Kb	60Kb
Katherine Area Ground Water	616Kb	48Kb
Katherine River	252Kb	44Kb
Katherine River Tributaries	355Kb	53Kb
Mary River Ground Water	380Kb	61Kb
Mary River Surface Water	386Kb	61Kb
McArthur River Area	363Kb	45Kb
McArthur River Catchment Area	205Kb	28Kb
McKinley River	193Kb	30Kb
Mt Bundey Creek	261Kb	70Kb
Freshwater Reaches of Rapid Creek	442Kb	35Kb
Ryan Creek	222Kb	70Kb
Settlement Creek Tributaries	1Mb	29Kb
Shoal Bay - Vernon Islands Area	383Kb	53Kb
Ti-Tree Region maps and publications	follow link

For more information please contact Teegan Colbert on
(08) 8999 3660 Fax: 08 8999 4445

Email:  water.nretas@nt.gov.au

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