Environmental Law

Changes to the Water Act – Can you comply with your new obligations?

By: James Plumb, Partner and Johanna Kennerley, Senior Associate 

Within the next 6 months, both petroleum and mining tenure holders will be impacted by new obligations under the Water Act 2000 (Qld) (Water Act).

In this two part series, we will firstly examine the obligations on petroleum tenure holders to enter into make good agreements, which is particularly relevant with the draft Underground Water Impact Report (UWIR) being finalised shortly. In the second part of our Water Act series, we will focus on the changes to the Water Act and examine the new obligations on holder of mining tenure.

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