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Lower Herbert Groundwater Works Notification

18th October 2018

Further to the Mayor's Message published in the Herbert River Express on 17 October 2018 pleae find below information regarding Lower Herbert Groundwater Works Notification. 

To discover where you are within the Lower Herbert Groundwater Management Area (Lower Herbert GWMA) please click on the following link which will display the Lower Herbert GMMA within Queensland Globe. The Queensland Globe displays large amounts of data which may impact on your data plan usage. It is best experienced on late model PCs, smartphones or tablets, using modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari). If your property is within the shaded area, your property is within the Lower Herbert GMMA. https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/qldglobe/public/lower-herbert-groundwater-management-area-4

Under the Wet Tropics Water Plan, an owner of land with existing groundwater works in the Lower Herbert GWMA should provide the chief executive with a notice of works on the approved form (also attached) and submit it to the address below or email it to WRPWetTropics@dnrme.qld.gov.au  

Groundwater works that are in existence as at 20 June 2012 and capable of being used to take groundwater for a purpose other than stock or domestic purposes or prescribed activities, before the commencement of this plan, that are notified under section 68 of the Water Plan allow the owner to continue to use the works to take groundwater after the notice is given and until the owner is granted a water licence under section 69 of the Wet Tropics Water Plan.

Completed forms may be posted to:

  • Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Energy
  • Wet Tropics Water Resource Plan
  • PO Box 20
  • South Johnstone Q 4859
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