New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE COOPERS CREEK WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 71

71 Mandatory conditions on water supply works approvals

All approvals for water supply works in this water source shall have mandatory conditions in relation to the following:

(a) flow measurement devices:

(i) shall be installed and maintained on all works used for extraction of water under an access licence, and

(ii) shall be of a type and shall be maintained in a manner which is acceptable to the Minister,

(b) water extraction and property water management infrastructure details shall be provided to the Minister on request,

(c) it is the responsibility of the work approval holder to ascertain from the Minister the flow class at any time before commencing to take water under an access licence with an IDEL,

(d) notwithstanding all other rights and conditions, extraction of water from a river by an approved water supply work is not permitted if there is no visible flow in the river in the vicinity of the work,

(e) extraction under an access licence through an approved work is only authorised with respect to the work nominated by the access licence,

(f) a 100 metre buffer will be applied between any endangered ecological community and the location of any new water supply work, if required to protect the endangered ecological community, and

(g) appropriate buffers will be applied between any Aboriginal sites of spiritual, cultural or social values as identified by the Bundjalung Elders and the relevant Aboriginal Land Council, and the location of any new water supply work, if required to protect the Aboriginal sites of spiritual, cultural or social values.