Commonwealth environmental watering objectives Ecological Management Objectives Management Actions Watering Objectives Extreme Dry Avoid Avoid critical loss of Water refugia and sites damage to threatened species and supporting threatened key communities species and communities Maintain key refuges Undertake emergency assets watering at specific sites of Avoid irretrievable damage priority assets or catastrophic events Use carryover volumes to maintain critical needs Dry Ensure Support the survival and Water refugia and sites ecological growth of threatened species supporting threatened capacity for and communities, including species and communities recovery limited small-scale Provide low flow and freshes recruitment in sites and reaches of Maintain diverse habitats priority assets Maintain low-flow river and Use carryover volumes to floodplain functional maintain follow-up watering processes in sites and reaches of priority assets Median Maintain Enable growth and Prolong flood/high-flow ecological reproduction and large-scale duration at key sites and health and recruitment for a diverse reaches of priority assets resilience range of flora and fauna Contribute to the full range Promote higher of in-channel flows connectivity Use carryover to provide Support high-flow river and optimal seasonal flow floodplain functional patterns in subsequent years processes Wet Improve and Enable growth, reproduction Increase inundation duration extend and large-scale recruitment and extent across priority healthy and for diverse flora and fauna assets resilient Promote higher Contribute to the full range aquatic connectivity of flows, including overbank ecosystems Support high-flow river and Provide Use carryover water floodplain functional to optimal seasonal flow processes patterns in subsequent years
Commonwealth environmental watering objectives Ecological Watering Objectives Management Objectives Management Actions Extreme Dry Avoid damage to key assets Avoid critical loss of threatened species and communities Maintain key refuges Avoid irretrievable damage or catastrophic events Water refugia and sites supporting threatened species and communities Undertake emergency watering at specific sites of priority assets Use carryover volumes to maintain critical needs Dry Ensure ecological capacity for recovery Support the survival and growth of threatened species and communities, including limited small-scale recruitment Maintain diverse habitats Maintain low-flow river and floodplain functional processes in sites and reaches of priority assets Water refugia and sites supporting threatened species and communities Provide low flow and freshes in sites and reaches of priority assets Use carryover volumes to maintain follow-up watering Median Maintain ecological health and resilience Enable growth and reproduction and large-scale recruitment for a diverse range of flora and fauna Promote higher connectivity Support high-flow river and floodplain functional processes Prolong flood/high-flow duration at key sites and reaches of priority assets Contribute to the full range of in-channel flows Use carryover to provide optimal seasonal flow patterns in subsequent years Wet Improve and extend healthy and resilient aquatic ecosystems Enable growth, reproduction and large-scale recruitment for diverse flora and fauna Promote higher connectivity Support high-flow river and floodplain functional processes Increase inundation duration and extent across priority assets Contribute to the full range of flows, including overbank Provide Use carryover water to optimal seasonal flow patterns in subsequent years
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