Table 2 Outcome decisions made at the right level’ example questions, indicators and data sources ‘Better – Theme Example indicators Data sources Evaluation questions Purpose of environmental water use Basin states Alignment with annual CEWH environmental watering Environmental priorities MDBA water planning How states and others (reporting under coordinated, consulted and Schedule 12, To what extent have the planned cooperated for environmental matters 12 & 14) activities and outputs under the watering and planning Environmental Watering Plan, the Water Quality and Salinity Management Plan and the Groundwater Planning programs been achieved? How decisions on river flow states and environmental watering CEWH How has the Basin Plan had regard to the water quality Quality and contributed to environmental objectives in the Basin Plan MDBA Salinity watering in the Murray–Darling Management Plan Measures implemented from (reporting under being coordinated between water quality plans (part of Schedule 12, managers of planned water resource plans) matters 12 & 14) environmental water, owners and managers of environmental How has engagement with the assets, and holders of held Basin states local community informed environmental water? environmental water and MDBA water resource planning? Involving the How has the Basin Plan CEWH community contributed to How has engagement with the (reporting under protection/restoration of local community informed Schedule 12, ecosystems? implementation of the Basin matters 6 & 10) Plan? To what extent were the actions required by the Plan Basin states Water resource plans in place (relating to the protection and in accordance with the agreed restoration of water-dependent MDBA timetable for accreditation ecosystems) suited to meeting (reporting under Water resource the objectives of the Basin Accredited water resource Schedule 12, plans Plan? plans provide for critical matters 17, 18, 20, human water needs Have the water trading rules 21, contributed to efficient water Statements of Accreditation for each WRP markets? Assurance) Basin states Irrigation Infrastructure Transaction time Operators Water trading Patterns of water trading Reporting under the Basin Plan water trading rules
Table 2 Outcome ‘Better decisions made at the right level’ – example questions, indicators and data sources Evaluation questions Theme Example indicators Data sources To what extent have the planned activities and outputs under the Environmental Watering Plan, the Water Quality and Salinity Management Plan and the Groundwater Planning programs been achieved? How has the Basin Plan contributed to environmental watering in the Murray–Darling being coordinated between managers of planned environmental water, owners and managers of environmental assets, and holders of held environmental water? How has the Basin Plan contributed to protection/restoration of ecosystems? To what extent were the actions required by the Plan (relating to the protection and restoration of water-dependent ecosystems) suited to meeting the objectives of the Basin Plan? Have the water trading rules contributed to efficient water markets? Environmental water planning Purpose of environmental water use Alignment with annual environmental watering priorities How states and others coordinated, consulted and cooperated for environmental watering and planning Basin states CEWH MDBA (reporting under Schedule 12, matters 12 & 14) Quality and Salinity Management Plan How decisions on river flow and environmental watering had regard to the water quality objectives in the Basin Plan Measures implemented from water quality plans (part of water resource plans) states CEWH MDBA (reporting under Schedule 12, matters 12 & 14) Involving the community How has engagement with the local community informed environmental water and water resource planning? How has engagement with the local community informed implementation of the Basin Plan? Basin states MDBA CEWH (reporting under Schedule 12, matters 6 & 10) Water resource plans Water resource plans in place in accordance with the agreed timetable for accreditation Accredited water resource plans provide for critical human water needs Accreditation for each WRP Basin states MDBA (reporting under Schedule 12, matters 17, 18, 20, 21, Statements of Assurance) Water trading Transaction time Patterns of water trading Basin states Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Reporting under the Basin Plan water trading rules
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