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(g) any other consultation or information the Authority considers relevant.
(5) The Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy must be developed consistently with the principles to be applied in environmental watering (Division 6).

8.16 Publication of Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy
(1) The Authority must publish the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy within 24 months after the commencement of the Basin Plan.
(2) The Authority must publish the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy as soon as practicable after it is updated.

8.17 Review and update of Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy
(1) The Authority must review and update the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy no later than 5 years after:
            (a) the strategy is first made; or
            (b) the strategy was last reviewed and updated.
(2) The Authority may review and update the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy at any time.
Note: The Authority may review and update the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy in response to various triggers, including any adjustment that might be made to the SDL.

        Division 3—Long‑term watering plans

8.18 Obligation to prepare long‑term watering plans
A Basin State must prepare a long‑term environmental watering plan for each water resource plan area that contains surface water (long‑term watering plan).

8.19 Content of long‑term watering plans
Note: The level of detail in a long‑term watering plan may vary according to local conditions, and statutory and other arrangements prevailing in the water resource plan area.

Identification of environmental watering requirements
(1) A long‑term watering plan must identify:
            (a) priority environmental assets in the water resource plan area; and
            (b) ecological objectives and ecological targets for those assets; and
            (c) environmental watering requirements needed to meet those targets in order to achieve those objectives;
using the method in section 8.49.
Note: See section 8.49 for the meaning of the term priority environmental assets.
(2) A long‑term watering plan must identify:
            (a) priority ecosystem functions in the water resource plan area; and
            (b) ecological objectives and ecological targets for those functions; and
            (c) environmental watering requirements needed to meet those targets in order to achieve those objectives;
using the method in section 8.50.
Note: See section 8.50 for the meaning of the term priority ecosystem functions.
(3) If the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy has identified particular assets or functions, and their requirements, under subparagraph 8.14(2)(a)(i), a long‑term watering plan must be consistent with that part of the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy.

Identification of possible co‑operative arrangements
(4) A long‑term watering plan must identify possible co‑operative arrangements (for example, possible co‑operative watering regimes) between holders of held environmental water, managers of planned environmental water, and owners or managers of environmental assets for the delivery of environmental water:
            (a) within the water resource plan area; and
            (b) between that area and