Ensure Releasing of held Undertake analysis to identify the extent to environmental environmental water from which substitution is an issue. water is not storage and flow Develop transparent policies to ensure substituted for throughout the river can treatment of held environmental water with other water. result in substitution of planned environmental water or other held water for planned releases from storage water, pre-releases or spills. Environmental Existing governance Development of governance and policy is arrangements are arrangements for the coordinated planning coordinated generally developed of environmental water, both annually and with all water around individual longer-term, for the southern connected and between environmental water system. valleys for holder objectives. Assess the feasibility of coordinating maximum There are limited formal environmental flows in the northern Basin. environmental arrangements for the benefit. coordinated planning of all environmental water and inter-valley watering events. Environmental Current river management Support the integration of environmental planning is practices were developed planning into river operations. included in primarily for security of river water supply and not operations. environmental outcomes. Overview of the Constraints Management Strategy The Strategy proposes a timetable for phased assessment and decision making over the next 10 It identifies seven key focus areas for further analysis and nine broad areas of operational and management practice for further consideration. It contains the following components: overarching principles that guide the implementation of the Strategy the roles and responsibilities of the relevant stakeholders a framework and timetable for the implementation of the Strategy encompassing broad phases: 1) pre-feasibility (to the end of 2014); 2) feasibility (to June 2016); and 3) implementation (until 2024) key steps in phase 1 (pre-feasibility) outlining the issues to be considered and methods to be used in completing the pre-feasibility analysis
Ensure environmental water is not substituted for other water. Releasing of held environmental water from storage and flow throughout the river can result in substitution of held water for planned water, pre-releases or spills. Undertake analysis to identify the extent to which substitution is an issue. Develop transparent policies to ensure treatment of held environmental water with planned environmental water or other releases from storage Environmental is coordinated with all water and between valleys for maximum environmental benefit. Existing governance arrangements are generally developed around individual environmental water holder objectives. There are limited formal arrangements for the coordinated planning of all environmental water and inter-valley watering events. Development of governance and policy arrangements for the coordinated planning of environmental water, both annually and longer-term, for the southern connected system. Assess the feasibility of coordinating environmental flows in the northern Basin. Environmental planning is included in river operations. Current river management practices were developed primarily for security of water supply and not environmental outcomes. Support the integration of environmental planning into river operations. Overview of the Constraints Management Strategy The Strategy proposes a timetable for phased assessment and decision making over the next 10 It identifies seven key focus areas for further analysis and nine broad areas of operational and management practice for further consideration. It contains the following components: overarching principles that guide the implementation of the Strategy the roles and responsibilities of the relevant stakeholders a framework and timetable for the implementation of the Strategy encompassing broad phases: 1) pre-feasibility (to the end of 2014); 2) feasibility (to June 2016); and 3) implementation (until 2024) key steps in phase 1 (pre-feasibility) outlining the issues to be considered and methods to be used in completing the pre-feasibility analysis
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