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Water Legislation and Policies

This section should help you negotiate the complex maze of legislation and policies that relate to water in South Australia. Copies of legislation are available from the SA Parliament website.

Click on the links below to go to the relevant section of the SA Parliament website and then click on the letter of the alphabet corresponding to the first letter of the Act or Regulation you require.
http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/dbsearch/acts-list.htm

You can also search both Acts and Regulations by visiting http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/dbsearch/legsearch.htm.

Legislation
The Water Resources Act (1997)
The Waterworks Act (1932)
The Sewage Act (1929)
The Environment Protection Act (1993) Summary
The Development Act (1993)
Local Government Act (1999)
River Murray Act
Natural Resource Management Act (2004)

Other
Natural Resource Management - An Overview
Water Quality Environment Protection Policy
Water Proofing Adelaide
State Water Plan
Other major water strategies and inter-governmental agreements

Conserving water
Cleaner waterways
Getting involved
Caring about water
Clean water resources
Threats to our water environments
The water cycle
How much water?
South Australia’s water resources
Where does SA's water come from?
Stormwater
Environmental flows
Water restrictions
Water legislations and policies


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