New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE DORRIGO PLATEAU SURFACE WATER SOURCE AND DORRIGO BASALT GROUNDWATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 32

32 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:

(a) within this surface water source will total approximately 9,902 ML/yr, and

(b) within this groundwater source will total approximately 254 ML/yr.

(2) It is estimated that at the time of commencement of Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Act in this area in respect of which this Plan is made, there will be several runoff harvesting access licences in this surface water source, that will have their access licence share component expressed as the water that can be extracted from time to time from the approved water supply works.

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

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

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

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