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that are to be water resource plan areas and the periods that are to be the water accounting periods for each of those areas (item 2 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act).
Chapter 4                  Identification and management of risks to Basin water resources            The identification of the risks to the condition, or continued availability, of the Basin water resources and the strategies to be adopted to manage, or address, those risks (items 3 and 5 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act).
Chapter 5                  Management objectives and outcomes to be achieved by the Basin Plan        The management objectives and outcomes to be achieved by the Basin Plan (item 4 of the table to subsection 22(1) of the Act).
Chapter 6                  Water that can be taken                                                    The long‑term average sustainable diversion limits, the temporary diversion provisions, and the method for determining whether the long‑term annual diversion limit has been complied with and the extent of any failure to comply with that limit (items 6, 7 and 8 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act). This Chapter also includes matters required by Division 4 of Part 2 of the Act which relate to the allocation of risks in relation to reductions in water availability, and provisions for the Authority to conduct research and investigations.
Chapter 7                  Adjustment of SDLs                                                         The Authority may propose adjustments to the long‑term average sustainable diversion limits under section 23A of the Act. These may be made by amendment to the Basin Plan under section 23B of the Act. The Chapter also provides for a constraints management strategy.
Chapter 8                  Environmental watering plan                                                The plan for the protection and restoration of the wetlands and other environmental assets of the Murray‑Darling Basin; for the protection of biodiversity dependent on Basin water resources; and for achieving other environmental outcomes for the Murray‑Darling Basin (item 9 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act).
Chapter 9                  Water quality and salinity management plan                                 Water quality and salinity objectives, water quality targets for planning of water flows, water quality targets that apply to the preparation of the water resource plans, and water quality targets for the purposes of long‑term salinity planning and management (item 10 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act). This Chapter also includes the key causes of water quality degradation in the Murray‑Darling Basin.
Chapter 10                 Water resource plan requirements                                           The requirements that a water resource plan must comply with for it to be accredited or adopted under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act (item 11 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act).
Chapter 11                 Critical human water needs                                                 The arrangements for meeting critical human water