New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE CASTLEREAGH RIVER ABOVE BINNAWAY WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 31

31 Estimate of water requirements

(1) It is estimated that at the time of commencement of Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Act in the area in respect of which this Plan is made, the requirements identified for water for extraction under access licences within this water source will total approximately 5,000 megalitres per year (hereafter "ML/yr"), distributed as follows:

(a) 920 ML/yr in Zone 1,

(b) 1950 ML/yr in Zone 2,

(c) 230 ML/yr in Zone 3,

(d) 745 ML/yr in Zone 4,

(e) 615 ML/yr in Zone 5, and

(f) 525 ML/yr in Zone 6.

(2) It is estimated that at the time of commencement of Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Act in the area in respect of which this Plan is made, there will be no runoff harvesting access licences in this water source.

(3) This Plan recognises that the total requirements for water for extraction within this water source may change during the term of this Plan as a result of:

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

(b) variations to local water utility licences arising from sections 66 (3) or 66 (4) of the Act.