Report on environmental water use – South Australia South on environmental water use (Schedule 12, Australia’s annual report Item 9.3) Reporting context The additional water made available for the environment under the Basin Plan is aiming to: restore and improve the resilience of rivers, wetlands and floodplains; connect rivers to their floodplains and the sea; improve the health of fish, birds and vegetation populations; and keep water fit for environmental use. In 2013-14, environmental water was delivered for the first time to meet Basin scale, or whole-of-Basin, priorities. This is a major change to the way environmental water is used in the Basin it has increased the – emphasis on managing the Basin as one system. The purpose of this report is to monitor how much water was delivered to the environment and for what purpose. This report is a requirement of Chapter 13 of the Basin Plan and relates to Matter 9.3 of Schedule 12. This report covers: held environment water (HEW) in regulated systems; where possible, Planned Environmental Water (PEW) in regulated systems (e.g., Environmental Contingency Allowance in Lachlan, Murrumbidgee and similar PEW accounts in Macquarie, Gwydir); where possible, HEW or PEW in unregulated systems (e.g. embargoed flow event). Indicators for measuring success Indicator 9.3 reports on the purpose and consequences of environmental water use. This indicator incorporates several elements: Purpose of environmental watering (Indicator 9.3.1) How watering aligned with the Basin-wide Environmental Watering Priorities (Indicator 9.3.2) How much environmental water was used to meet the purpose (Indicator 9.3.3) Consequences of environmental use of water (Indicator 9.3.4)
Report on environmental water use – South Australia South Australia’s annual report on environmental water use (Schedule 12, Item 9.3) Reporting context The additional water made available for the environment under the Basin Plan is aiming to: restore and improve the resilience of rivers, wetlands and floodplains; connect rivers to their floodplains and the sea; improve the health of fish, birds and vegetation populations; and keep water fit for environmental use. In 2013-14, environmental water was delivered for the first time to meet Basin scale, or whole-of-Basin, priorities. This is a major change to the way environmental water is used in the Basin – it has increased the emphasis on managing the Basin as one system. The purpose of this report is to monitor how much water was delivered to the environment and for what purpose. This report is a requirement of Chapter 13 of the Basin Plan and relates to Matter 9.3 of Schedule 12. This report covers: held environment water (HEW) in regulated systems; where possible, Planned Environmental Water (PEW) in regulated systems (e.g., Environmental Contingency Allowance in Lachlan, Murrumbidgee and similar PEW accounts in Macquarie, Gwydir); where possible, HEW or PEW in unregulated systems (e.g. embargoed flow event). Indicators for measuring success Indicator 9.3 reports on the purpose and consequences of environmental water use. This indicator incorporates several elements: Purpose of environmental watering (Indicator 9.3.1) How watering aligned with the Basin-wide Environmental Watering Priorities (Indicator 9.3.2) How much environmental water was used to meet the purpose (Indicator 9.3.3) Consequences of environmental use of water (Indicator 9.3.4)