Water Management
“In partnership with the community, conserve and manage water resources in a transparent, equitable and sustainable manner”.
The Water Management Branch has been set up to implement the primary piece of water resource legislation, the Northern Territory Water Act. The Water Act is an Act to provide for the investigation, allocation, use, control, protection, management and administration of water resources, and for related purposes.
The Water Management Branch is responsible for the development of Water Allocation Plans across the Northern Territory. Water Allocation plans are statutory instruments, declared under the Water Act to ensure that water extraction is undertaken in a sustainable and equitable manner with priority given to environmental and cultural flows to protect our unique environment.
The other main function of the Branch is to ensure that Licensing, regulation and compliance are undertaken in a thorough and transparent manner.
