Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p28
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Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 28/154)
Character Range: 707773–710741

Capital Territory on the day on which that proposal is adopted by the Ministerial Council.
PART VII—INVESTIGATION, MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING

    43. Investigations and Studies
       (1) The Authority may co‑ordinate, carry out or cause to be carried out surveys, investigations and studies regarding the desirability and practicability of works or measures for the equitable, efficient and sustainable use of water and other natural resources of the Murray‑Darling Basin, including but not limited to works or measures for:
(a) the conservation and regulation of river water;
(b) the protection and improvement of the quality of river water;
(c) the conservation, protection and management of aquatic and riverine environments; and
(d) the control and management of groundwater which may affect the quality or quantity of river water.
       (2) The Authority may, without further approval of any Contracting Government, carry out, or cause to be carried out surveys, investigations or studies pursuant to sub‑clause (1) on or adjacent to:
(a) the upper River Murray; and
(b) the River Murray in South Australia.
       (3) Except as provided in sub‑clause (2) or as authorised under the Water Act, the Authority must not carry out or cause to be carried out surveys, investigations or studies within the territory of any State without obtaining the consent of that State Contracting Government.

    44. Monitoring
The Authority, subject to clause 46, may establish, maintain and operate effective means for monitoring the quality, extent, diversity and representativeness of water and other natural resources of the Murray‑Darling Basin, including but not limited to:
(a) aquatic and riverine environments; and
(b) the effect of groundwater on water and other natural resources.

    45. Measurements of Water Quantity and Quality
The Authority must establish, maintain and operate an effective and uniform system:
(a) for making and recording continuous measurements of ‑
              (i) the flow of the River Murray, and tributaries of the River Murray within the boundaries of each State; and
              (ii) the volume of stored water,
at such locations as the Authority deems necessary to determine the volume of the intake from the several portions of the drainage area of the River Murray, the flow at selected locations along the River Murray and the losses from selected reaches of the River Murray, with their positions and modes of occurrence;
(b) for making and recording continuous measurements of all diversions, whether natural or artificial, or partly natural and partly artificial, from the River Murray and its tributaries; and
(c) for measuring and monitoring the quality of ‑
              (i) River Murray water;
              (ii) water in tributaries of the River Murray at such locations at or near the confluence of each of those tributaries with the River Murray as the Authority, after consultation with the appropriate authorities