New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE ALSTONVILLE PLATEAU GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 25

25 Estimate of water requirements

(1) This Part is made in accordance with section 20 (1) (c) of the Act.

(2) At the commencement of this Plan, the requirements identified for water for extraction under access licences within these groundwater sources are estimated to be as follows:

(a) 2,660 ML/yr in Zone 1,

(b) 2,564 ML/yr in Zone 2,

(c) 1,173 ML/yr in Zone 3,

(d) 0 ML/yr in Zone 4,

(e) 38 ML/yr in Zone 5, and

(f) 5 ML/yr in Zone 6.

(3) Subclause (2) includes local water utility access licences of 1,230 ML/year in these groundwater sources, made up of:

(a) 880 ML/yr in Zone 1, being 350 ML/yr for Ballina Shire Council, and 530 ML/yr for Rous Water,

(b) 200 ML/yr in Zone 2, being for Ballina Shire Council, and

(c) 150 ML/yr in Zone 3, being for Rous Water.

Note: Subclauses (2) and (3) represent the total volumes specified on access licences in these groundwater sources. It is not a commitment to supply that water.

(4) This Plan recognises that the total requirements for water for extraction under access licences within these groundwater sources may change during the term of this Plan as a result of:

(a) the granting, surrender or cancellation of access licences,

(b) the granting of applications lodged before the making of the embargo under the Water Act 1912 , but only if the total access licence share components in each groundwater source remain below the extraction limits specified in clause 27,

(c) the variation of local water utility access licences under section 66 of the Act, or

(d) the volumetric quantification of the share components of existing access licences that are currently non-volumetric.