Catchment News

The Draft River Basin Management Plan for the Eastern River Basin District was issued in December 2008 for a 6 month period of public consultation. The submissions received on the draft Plan have been reviewed and incorporated in this Final River Basin District Management Plan (The Plan) as appropriate.

This Plan draws on the background milestone documents (listed in the bibliography) to describe the actions that are proposed to ensure the necessary
protection of our waters between 2009-2015. It represented a major milestone in the implementation of the Directive and follows on from the previous major elements of work described above. It sets out how the aims and objectives of improving and protecting water quality and ecology in the waters of each river basin district could be achieved, by means of a Programme of Measures.

This Plan was produced jointly by the local authorities and a project team for the Eastern River Basin District.

There are twelve local authorities with lands in the Eastern River Basin District (shown on Map 1.1), and these will be the prime implementing agencies for the actions described in the Plan, although actions will also require the involvement of other state and private organisations. Coordination of these efforts is being developed through an Eastern River Basin District Technical Council which includes all of the local authorities along with agencies responsible for implementing relevant legislation.