Queensland Murray-Darling Basin (QMDB) waters

Please use this survey to provide comments on the following draft consultation documents for the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin (QMDB) region, including Bulloo. Documents and mapping are available at the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) website.
1. Draft QMDB surface water quality guidelines report – outlining study scope, legislative and policy context, methods, and water quality guidelines to protect environmental values (including tables and maps).
2. Draft QMDB groundwater quality guideline report  – outlining methods and water quality guidelines to protect environmental values (including tables and maps). 
3. Draft QMDB EPP Water maps – showing location of environmental values, catchments, water types and management intent across the project area.
4. Draft QMDB supporting documents. 

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* 1. Please provide your contact details below (optional).

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* 2. Do you have any comments on the surface water draft environmental values shown in the report and EPP Water mapping (e.g. locations of aquatic ecosystem, stock watering, recreational)?

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* 3. Do you have any comments on the surface water mapping of water types, management intent and sub-catchments shown in the EPP Water mapping?

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* 4. Do you have any comments on the surface water draft aquatic ecosystem water quality guidelines listed in tables in the surface water report (shown by basin, catchment, flow, water type)?

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* 5. Do you have any comments on the groundwater draft environmental values shown in the report and EPP Water mapping (e.g. aquatic ecosystem, stock watering)?

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* 6. Do you have any comments on the groundwater draft aquatic ecosystem water quality guidelines listed in tables in the groundwater report?

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* 7. Do you have any comments on the human use water quality guidelines (e.g. recreational use, stock watering) listed in the draft report?

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* 8. Do you have any comments on data sources or methods used to develop the guidelines?

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* 9. Do you hold water quality data of potential relevance to this project?

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* 10. Do you have any comments on the ecological or socio-economic values of waters in this area?

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* 11. Do you have any comments on the socio-economic impacts of protecting environmental values?

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* 12. Do you have any other comments on the main reports or supporting reports?

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Submissions provided to the department in relation to this project will be treated as public documents. This means that in all but exceptional cases, they may be published on the department’s website, together with the name and suburb of each person making a submission. If you would like your submission, or any part of it, to be treated as confidential, please indicate this clearly. Please note however that all submissions may be subject to disclosure under the Right to Information Act 2009, and access applications for submissions, including those marked confidential, will be determined in accordance with that Act.

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