Minister for Resources and Water, the Hon Keith Pitt MP
Queensland Minister for Water, the Hon Glenn Butcher MP
The Australian Government is providing the next down-payment of $1.64 million to Queensland to progress 6 projects under the Northern Murray-Darling Basin Metering Program.
Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, said the successful rollout of the program in Queensland was already providing tangible benefits to farmers and communities.
"Queensland's first program payment of $895,000 delivered plans for a data exchange platform, plans for the design of new platforms and apps to improve customer access to water data, advanced plans to increase telemetry and monitoring capabilities and delivered a new water meter testing facility in Rocklea which will improve water measurement, metering and compliance.
"The Australian Government is making a total of $12.5 million available to Queensland through the program to improve water measurement and telemetry in the Northern Basin so water users can more easily comply with requirements," Minister Pitt said.
"We're committed to keeping the momentum going to build on the outcomes we're seeing, like provision of better information to local communities, water users and compliance officers across the northern Basin.
"The work completed so far is reinforcing the integrity and accountability of water use and further delivers on the Australian Government's commitment to building greater trust among our Basin communities."
Queensland's Minister for Water, Glenn Butcher, said Queensland's rollout of the metering program in the Northern Basin would achieve better outcomes for water users, communities, and the environment through more accurate and timely water measurement.
"We're seeing significant progress in all areas of focus for us in the Northern Basin and I'm pleased they are now backed up with further funding," Minister Butcher said.
"Safeguarding long-term, sustainable water security for the Murray Darling Basin is of great importance and we will continue to use our share of the funds to improve our capacity to measure and monitor water use in the Murray-Darling Basin over the next three years."
