Ringarooma River Catchment Water Management Plan

 

The Ringarooma River Catchment Water Management Plan was adopted on 2 February and took effect on 3 December 2014.

​The purpose of the Plan is to provide a framework for managing the water resources of the Ringarooma River Catchment in accordance with the objectives of the Water Management Act 1999.

 Ringarooma River Catchment Water Management Plan 2014 - Addendum inc. October 2022 (PDF 1Mb)

The Minister for Primary Industries and Water has approved an addendum to the Ringarooma Catchment Water Management Plan 2014 ("the Plan") on 27 October 2022. The addendum outlines the verified surety level 6 allocations and allocation limit for the summer take period in accordance with Part 6 of the Plan.

 Addendum to the Ringarooma River Catchment Water Management Plan 2014 - October 2022 (PDF 173Kb)

Information on allocation of historic use

Reports

The following reports are available as inputs to the development of the Ringarooma Water Management Plan:

  Environmental Flows for the Ringarooma River Water Management Plan   (3Mb)

  Tasmanian Environmental Flows (TEFlows) Project Technical Report   (14Mb)

  River Health of the Ringarooma River Catchment   (5Mb)

  Water Quality Assessment for the Ringarooma Catchment   (2Mb)

  Groundwater Report for the Ringarooma River Catchment   (7Mb)

  Water Management Report for the Ringarooma River Catchment Water Management Plan   (692Kb)

  Surface Water Hydrology of the Ringarooma River Catchment   (2Mb)

  Ringarooma River Catchment Stage II Hydrology Report   (869Kb)

Scientific For​​um 1 December 2010

A scientific forum took place at Derby on 1 December 2010 as part of the development of the Ringarooma Water Management Plan.

Presentations were given on all the scientific reports prepared so far. The presentations can be downloaded below:

  Forum fact sheet   (428Kb)

  Introduction   (506Kb)

  Environmental flows assessment   (2Mb)

  Aquatic life of the Ringarooma River   (3Mb)

  Water Quality of the Ringarooma River   (1Mb)

  Groundwater in the Ringarooma catchment   (2Mb)

  Surface water hydrology of the Ringarooma catchment   (3Mb)

  An assessment of forestry interception in the Ringarooma catchment   (535Kb) 

  Forestry interception results   (288Kb)

  Conclusion   (371Kb)