Cumulative management areas

In areas of concentrated petroleum development, the impacts on water levels caused by underground water extraction by individual operations can overlap. The state government may declare these areas to be 'cumulative management areas' (CMAs).

The QWC prepares underground water impact reports for CMAs. These reports provide assessments of regional impacts on groundwater levels and integrated management arrangements, such as regional monitoring strategies.

The area of planned, concentrated CSG development in Queensland was declared as the Surat Cumulative Management Area (PDF, 609K)* on 18 March 2011.

As a result of the declaration, the Commission is preparing a draft Surat Underground Water Impact Report.

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