New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE ALSTONVILLE PLATEAU GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 34

34 Annual accounting for water extraction

(1) Water taken from these groundwater sources will be accounted for at least annually.

(2) Water taken by an approved water supply work (bore) nominated by an access licence is taken to be extracted and will be periodically debited against the access licence water allocation account.

(3) A water accounting year shall be the 12 month period commencing 1 July.

(4) In any one water accounting year, subject to local impact management restrictions arising from Part 10, Division 3 of this Plan, water taken from any of these groundwater sources under an access licence may not exceed a volume consisting of:

(a) 100% of the access licence share component,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year, and

(c) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year.

(5) Total water in any account at any time may not exceed a volume consisting of:

(a) 100% of the aquifer access licence share component,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year, and

(c) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year.

(6) Allocations in a water allocation account cannot be carried over from one water accounting year to the next.

(7) A water allocation account shall remain at or above zero at all times.