Terms of reference
Overall Strategy Terms of Reference
Purpose of Overall Strategy
The overall purpose of the SEQ Regional Water Supply Strategy is to provide strategic advice to SEQROC and the State Government regarding options for regional urban, industrial and rural water supply, and distribution and implementation to meet future needs.
Objectives
The key objectives of the overall project are to:
- Assess future needs for a safe and reliable supply of water in South East Queensland
- Assess the processes and mechanisms required to meet those needs; and,
- Obtain agreement for an implementation framework for the strategy that achieves optimum social, environmental and economic terms.
Factors for Consideration
Planning framework for sourcing and distribution to meet future urban, industrial and rural water supply needs
- Consideration of short, medium and long-term future needs at local and regional levels
- Timely delivery and implementation arrangements
- workable institutional and infrastructure arrangements
- transparent and predefined selection process for development options
- development roles and responsibilities defined
- funding/financial management options
- agreed actions/recommendations - what, where, when, who, how, why
- Preservation and acquisition of water storage sites
- Recognition of short-term action required in critical areas
- Coordinated outcomes
- Regional Framework for Growth Management (SEQ 2021)
- water resource planning
- land planning
- State infrastructure planning
- flood mitigation effects
- water quality management
- land and vegetation management
- waste (recycled water) management
- urban water sensitive design approaches
- other water related planning and management processes
- Effective and efficient reporting
- dynamic documents readily able to be updated
Optimal Sharing of Water
- Highest and best value use of water and associated infrastructure including recycled water and other alternative sources and consideration of externalities
- Water for the environment
- Adequacy and security of supply for all industries and communities
Minimised Environmental and Social Impacts
- Ecological sustainability
- Protection/restoration of water quality/ecosystem health/biodiversity
- Reduced land and water resource degradation
- Social acceptability and equity
Efficient, Safe and Reliable Services
- Least cost water supplies and water management
- Efficient water use
- Timely provision of appropriate treatment, sourcing and distribution infrastructure
Community and Stakeholder Engagement
- Simple and plain English communication material and processes
- Best practice technical assessments and analysis, peer reviewed
Performance Management
- Ongoing review of measures and achievements against the plan
updated February 9, 2006