Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (BAFFLE CREEK BASIN) 2010 - REG 13

13 Specific ecological outcomes

Each of the following is a specific ecological outcome for water in the plan area—

(a) to maintain the near-natural flow regime that supports waterholes and estuarine ecosystems in the Eurimbula Creek catchment area and Worthington Creek catchment area;

(b) to minimise changes to flows that maintain existing brackish habitat downstream of barrages in the Broadwater Creek catchment area;

(c) in the Baffle Creek catchment area—

(i) to maintain connectivity between Baffle Creek and its adjacent floodplain system including lakes; and

(ii) to maintain the near-natural flow regime that provides for intermittent brackish habitat through the entire length of the Baffle Creek estuary; and

(iii) to minimise changes to the low flow regime that provides for riffle habitat and maintains waterholes; and

(iv) to minimise changes to the persistence of waterholes;

(d) to minimise changes to the flow regime that maintains brackish habitat in the upper reaches of Littabella Creek estuary.