New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(Section 2)
Works for or associated with the improvement of the supply of water in the Peel River, for the purposes of irrigation and to augment the water supply to the city of Tamworth, comprising the construction of:
(a) a dam across the Peel River about 43 kilometres south-east of the city of Tamworth, within portion 149, Parish of Dungowan, County of Parry, and lot 6 Filed Plan 37282 being part of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company’s Estate, of a height sufficient to store about 62,000 megalitres of water,
(b) spillway and outlet works for regulating the discharge of water from the storage, and
(c) works incidental to the works specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
The construction of roads of access to the works referred to in item 1 and the borrow areas and quarries referred to in item 6.
The relocation and reconstruction of existing roads and the relocation and re-establishment of other existing services rendered necessary by the carrying out of any works referred to in items 1 and 2.
The construction or reconstruction of structures incidental to the works referred to in items 2 and 3.
Works necessary to prevent siltation within the storage and for the protection of the foreshores of the storage.
The establishment of borrow areas for soil, sand and gravel and quarries for rock and aggregates required for carrying out the works referred to in items 1 to 5 inclusive and item 7.
Such works for the protection of the environment as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Commission as a consequence of carrying out any of the works referred to in items 1 to 6 inclusive.