The purposes of this Plan, consisting of 96 sections divided into 13 Parts and completed by 15 Schedules, are to perform the following activities: (a) define the availability of water to which this plan applies; (b) provide a framework for sustainably managing water to which this plan applies; (c) identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with the future water requirements in the plan area; (d) provide a framework for managing water allocations; and (e) provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, the degradation of natural ecosystems caused by the taking of, or interference with, water to which this plan applies. The Plan is divided as follows: Plan area, water to which plan applies and other matters (Part 2); Water plan outcomes (Part 3); Measures for achieving water plan outcomes (Part 4); Objectives and performance indicators (Part 5); Garden size and volume of water for watering (Part 6); Particular decisions about allocation or management of water (Part 7); Limitations on taking or interfering with water (Part 8); Unallocated water (Part 9); Water licences (Part 10); Water allocations (Part 11); Miscellaneous (Part 12); and Expiry and transitional provisions (Part 13).
Schedules list the following matters: Plan area and nodes; Water supply schemes and water supply scheme zones; Water management areas and water management area zones; Underground water management area; Underground water sub-areas; Underground water zones; Environmental flow objectives and performance indicators; Surface water; Water allocation groups for unsupplemented surface water; Water allocation groups and water allocation security objectives for underground water; Unallocated water; Works for particular existing activities; Grant of ancillary water licences to particular persons; Water licences to include particular conditions; Water allocations that must be amended; Dictionary.