Environmental Protection Policy (Water and Wetland Biodiversity) consultation

Draft consultation materials (environmental values, water quality objectives and aquatic ecosystem protection mapping) are available for the following regions:

• Burdekin-Haughton-Don region groundwaters. Submissions closed: 1 March 2019.
• Fitzroy-Capricorn-Curtis Coast region groundwaters. Submissions closed: 1 March 2019.

Draft consultation products are provided in the tables below (listed by region).

Submission /contact details

To make a submission or request further information on the above regions, please contact the Healthy Waters Policy and Strategy Team:

• by email to evinfo@des.qld.gov.au.
• by mail to the Healthy Waters Policy and Strategy Team at GPO Box 2454, Brisbane Qld 4001.

Consultation for the following regions has closed and submissions are being considered:

• Queensland Murray-Darling and Bulloo River Basin (QMDB)
• South East Queensland water quality statistics for event flow and base flow conditions
• Eastern Cape York surface water
• Wet Tropics coastal/marine waters
• Mackay-Whitsunday estuarine and coastal/marine waters

Contact details

For further information please contact the Healthy Waters Policy and Strategy Team:

• by email at evinfo@des.qld.gov.au
• by mail to the Healthy Waters Policy and Strategy Team at GPO Box 2454, Brisbane Qld 4001.

Queensland Murray-Darling and Bulloo River Basin (QMDB)—final draft consultation materials

Water type	Basin No.	Draft EPP Water and Wetland Biodiversity mapping (EVs and management intent)	Draft water quality objectives
Surface water
Maranoa-Balonne River Basin	Part of basin 422	Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 4.9MB)	Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 682.4KB)
Condamine River Basin	Part of basin 422	Condamine River Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 4.1MB)	Condamine River Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 620.3KB)
Border Rivers Basin	Basin 416	Border Rivers Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 3.9MB)	Border Rivers Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 572.6KB)
Moonie River Basin	Basin 417	Moonie River Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 2.3MB)	Moonie River Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 481.6KB)
Bulloo River Basin	Part of basin 011	Bulloo River Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 5.4MB)	Bulloo River Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 461.6KB)
Paroo River Basin	Part of basins 011 and 424	Paroo River Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 3.7MB)	Paroo River Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 517.5KB)
Warrego River Basin	Part of basins 422, 423 and 424	Warrego River Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 5.7MB)	Warrego River Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 527.3KB)
Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks Basin	Part of basin 422	Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks Basin surface water environmental values (PDF, 2.7MB)	Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks Basin draft water quality objectives (PDF, 468.0KB)
Groundwater – QMDB groundwater Geology (PDF, 5.3MB)
Alluvial Aquifer Zones		Alluvial Aquifer Zones – environmental values (PDF, 2.9MB)	Alluvial Aquifer Zones – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 987.3KB)
Fractured Rock Aquifer Zones		Fractured Rock Aquifer Zones – environmental values (PDF, 2.0MB)	Fractured Rock Aquifer Zones – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 484.6KB)
Sediments above the Great Artesian Basin Aquifer Zones		Sediments above the GAB – environmental values (PDF, 5.2MB)	Sediments above the GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 412.7KB)
Upper Great Artesian Basin Aquifer Zones		Upper GAB – environmental values (PDF, 2.2MB)	Upper GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 428.9KB)
Main Great Artesian Basin Aquitard Zones		Main GAB – environmental values (PDF, 2.0MB)	Main GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 494.1KB)
Mid Great Artesian Basin Aquifer Zones		Mid GAB – environmental values (PDF, 1.9MB)	Mid GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 599.3KB)
Lower Great Artesian Basin Aquifer Zones		Lower GAB – environmental values (PDF, 2.2MB)	Lower GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 569.2KB)
Basal Great Artesian Basin Aquifer Zones		Basal GAB – environmental values (PDF, 2.2MB)	Basal GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 462.4KB)
Earlier basins partially underlying the Great Artesian Basin Aquifer Zones		Earlier Basins Partially Underlying the GAB – environmental values (PDF, 2.0MB)	Earlier basins partially underlying the GAB – draft water quality objectives (PDF, 403.6KB)

Technical reports

• Environmental Values and Water Quality Objectives (PDF, 28.4MB)
• Regional groundwater chemistry zones: Queensland Murray-Darling Basin (PDF, 9.4MB)

South East Queensland consultation materials

• South East Queensland water quality statistics for event flow and base flow conditions (PDF, 7.1MB)

• South east Queensland draft water quality objectives for aquatic ecosystem environmental values protection (PDF, 1.3MB) .

Great Barrier Reef consultation materials

Region	Main report	Draft EPP Water and Wetland Biodiversity mapping	Supporting reports, links
Groundwaters
Burdekin, Haughton and Don groundwaters	Draft Burdekin, Haughton and Don regions groundwater quality guidelines report 2018 (PDF, 19.4MB)	Burdekin Alluvium (PDF, 4.4MB) Burdekin Fractured Rock (PDF, 2.7MB) Burdekin Cainozoic deposits (PDF, 2.7MB) Burdekin Mid GAB (PDF, 2.1MB) Burdekin Lower GAB (PDF, 2.1MB) Burdekin Basal GAB (PDF, 2.3MB) Burdekin Earlier basins partially underlying the GAB (PDF, 2.6MB) Haughton-Don Alluvium (PDF, 3.1MB) Haughton-Don Fractured Rock (PDF, 1.7MB) Haughton-Don Cainozoic (PDF, 1.7MB)
Fitzroy and Capricorn Curtis coast groundwaters	Draft Fitzroy and Capricorn-Curtis coasts groundwater quality guidelines report 2018 (PDF, 19.4MB)	Fitzroy Alluvium (PDF, 5.0MB) Fitzroy Fractured Rock (PDF, 2.9MB) Fitzroy Cainozoic deposits (PDF, 2.8MB) Fitzroy Mid GAB (PDF, 2.3MB) Fitzroy Lower GAB (PDF, 2.3MB) Fitzroy Basal GAB (PDF, 2.5MB) Fitzroy earlier basins partially underlying the GAB (PDF, 2.9MB) Capricorn Curtis Alluvium (PDF, 4.6MB) Capricorn Curtis fractured rock (PDF, 1.9MB) Capricorn Curtis Cainozoic deposits (PDF, 2.2MB) Capricorn Curtis pre GAB (PDF, 2.2MB)
Surface waters
Burdekin River Basin	Draft Burdekin surface water quality guidelines report (PDF, 5.9MB)	Belyando sub-basin (PDF, 2.2MB) Bowen-Broken-Bogie sub-basin (PDF, 2.0MB) Burdekin - upper sub-basin (PDF, 3.0MB) Burdekin - lower sub-basin (PDF, 1.4MB) Cape-Campaspe sub-basin (PDF, 1.9MB) Suttor sub-basin (PDF, 1.8MB)	Burdekin water quality improvement plan Economic valuation (MJA 2013, chapter 8) (PDF, 3.4MB)
Don-Haughton basins	Draft Don-Haughton surface water quality guidelines report (PDF, 6.2MB)	Don River Basin (PDF, 2.2MB) Haughton River basin (PDF, 3.0MB) Coastal waters (PDF, 2.9MB)	Burdekin water quality improvement plan Economic valuation (MJA 2013, chapter 8) (PDF, 3.4MB)
Mackay-Whitsundays – estuarine and coastal/marine waters	Included with above report	Mackay-Whitsunday coastal waters (PDF, 2.4MB)	Mackay-Whitsunday water quality improvement plan Economic valuation (MJA 2013, chapter 7) (PDF, 3.4MB)
Eastern Cape York	Draft eastern Cape York surface water quality guidelines report (PDF, 8.7MB)	Endeavour River Basin (PDF, 1.1MB) Jacky Jacky Creek Basin (PDF, 1.4MB) Jeannie River Basin (PDF, 1.4MB) Lockhart River Basin (PDF, 1.5MB) Normanby River Basin (PDF, 3.0MB) Olive-Pascoe River Basin (PDF, 1.3MB) Stewart River Basin (PDF, 1.2MB) Eastern Cape York coastal waters (PDF, 1.4MB)	Eastern Cape York water quality improvement plan
Fitzroy Basin, Keppel Bay and coastal waters	Draft Fitzroy, Keppel Bay and coastal waters surface water quality guidelines report (PDF, 12.4MB)	Callide Creek (PDF, 1.7MB) Comet River (PDF, 2.0MB) Dawson River– upper (PDF, 2.2MB) Dawson River- lower (PDF, 2.1MB) Fitzroy River (PDF, 1.9MB) Isaac River (PDF, 2.2MB) Mackenzie River (PDF, 1.8MB) Nogoa River – upper (PDF, 1.8MB) Nogoa River – lower (PDF, 1.7MB) Keppel Bay and coastal waters off Capricorn and Curtis Coasts (PDF, 1.9MB)	Fitzroy water quality improvement plan Economic valuation (MJA 2013, chapter 6) (PDF, 3.4MB)
Wet Tropics coastal and marine waters	Draft Wet Tropics coastal and marine waters report (PDF, 5.1MB)	Wet Tropics Coastal Waters (PDF, 2.8MB)	Wet Tropics water quality improvement plan