Stock and domestic
Access to stock and domestic water
AgForce is opposed to any water management charge or metering for stock and domestic water users. Stock and domestic water is a ‘special right’ under the Water Act 2000. All land should have access to water for stock and domestic purposes except where the resource is at risk of overuse, e.g rural/residential.
Read AgForce's stock and domestic water.
Fact sheets
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM)
Useful links
News and updates
Changes to Water Licence Arrangements from 1 July 2009
As of 1 July 2009, the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management has made changes to the payment of annual water licence fees upon renewal. Under the new arrangements the requirement for an annual licence fee does not accompany the renewal application and instead the licensee is invoiced annually for the water licence fee while the licence remains in force.
A water licence remains exempt from the payment of the annual water licences fees if:
Prior to 1 July 2009 the annual water licence fee was made upfront at the time of the original application or the renewal application for a period of up to five years – thus the new arrangements are NOT a new charge, only a change in the process whereby annual licence fees are invoiced by the Department.
For further information see Changes to Water Licence Arrangements.
AgForce is opposed to any water management charge or metering for stock and domestic water users. Stock and domestic water is a ‘special right’ under the Water Act 2000. All land should have access to water for stock and domestic purposes except where the resource is at risk of overuse, e.g rural/residential.
Read AgForce's stock and domestic water.
Fact sheets
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM)
- DERM Changes to Water Licence Arrangements
- DERM Water Licences
- DERM Water Related Developments
- DERM Taking Water for Stock and Domestic Use on Riparian Land
- DERM Construction of New Works for Taking Overland Flow Water
- DERM List of Registered Bore Drillers
- DERM Metering Water Extractions Policy
Useful links
- DERM – Water
- DERM – Bores
- The National Water Commission
- Federal Government Department of Environment Water Heritage and Arts
News and updates
Changes to Water Licence Arrangements from 1 July 2009
As of 1 July 2009, the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management has made changes to the payment of annual water licence fees upon renewal. Under the new arrangements the requirement for an annual licence fee does not accompany the renewal application and instead the licensee is invoiced annually for the water licence fee while the licence remains in force.
A water licence remains exempt from the payment of the annual water licences fees if:
- A water licence is to take only supplemented water; or
- A water licence is to take water for stock or domestic purposes, unless the licence is for taking underground water for stock or domestic purposes from the Great Artesian Basin.
Prior to 1 July 2009 the annual water licence fee was made upfront at the time of the original application or the renewal application for a period of up to five years – thus the new arrangements are NOT a new charge, only a change in the process whereby annual licence fees are invoiced by the Department.
For further information see Changes to Water Licence Arrangements.