Adelaide River Catchment Water Allocation Plan

underway

This project is part of the Darwin Water Supply Infrastructure Program Stage 1. This includes preconstruction works for the Adelaide River Off-Stream Water Storage (AROWS) project. The Northern Territory Government will need to develop a water allocation plan for the water that is stored and used as part of AROWS. Water allocation plans set out the objectives, rules and strategies, and monitoring and performance indicators for the water resource. They aim to maximise environmental, economic, social and cultural outcomes for the water resource. This project aims to support a water allocation plan for the Adelaide River Catchment. The plan will establish the estimated sustainable yield, which sets out how much water can be used and how it will be allocated to different uses. Research in this project will also provide information to support surface water harvesting decisions in this catchment. The assessment will, provide the information needed to develop a water allocation plan that: The project involves consultation with First Nations communities to establish cultural and environmental water requirements. The Adelaide River is in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory. It runs over 238 km and the catchment area is 7,640 km 2. It includes 8 waterways including Coomalie Creek, Margaret River and Marrakai Creek.