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Water plans, trading districts and forms

Queensland’s water trading districts and water plans make up most of these resources, together with the forms needed to complete a water dealing. They are here for easy access. If you need more information, call us and we will walk you through the process.

Registration

For a water dealing to have effect, all relevant documents must be lodged for registration on the Water Allocations Register.

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Forms

Relevant documents

PDFNotice to registrar of water allocations of existence of supply contractPDF, 500 KB PDFNotice of proposed transfer or lease of unsupplemented water allocationPDF, 1.6 MB PDFForm 1: TransferPDF, 169 KB PDFForm 24: Property transfer informationPDF, 262 KB PDFForm 7: Lease or subleasePDF, 99 KB PDFForm 3: Release of mortgagePDF, 89 KB PDFForm 18: General consentPDF, 70 KB

Water plans

Water plan areas23 plans

The current water plan areas in Queensland, as listed on the Queensland Government water plan areas page.

Baffle Creek BasinBarronBorder Rivers and MoonieBoyne River BasinBurdekin BasinBurnett BasinCalliope RiverCape YorkCondamine and BalonneCooper CreekFitzroy BasinGeorgina and DiamantinaGold CoastGreat Artesian BasinGulfLogan BasinMary BasinMitchellMoretonPioneer ValleyWarrego, Paroo, Bulloo and NebineWet TropicsWhitsunday

Trading

Water trading districts13 districts

Requests to move a water allocation to a different location must be pre-approved by the Department. The current trading locations are:

BarronBorder RiversBurnett BasinBurdekin BasinCape York Water Management ProtocolCondamine and BalonneFitzroy BasinLogan BasinMary BasinMoretonPioneer ValleyWhitsunday BasinWet Tropics

For trading rules, water sharing rules and seasonal water assignment rules:

Water allocation dealings Your water plan page Water sharing rules

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