New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE DORRIGO PLATEAU SURFACE WATER SOURCE AND DORRIGO BASALT GROUNDWATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 44

44 Annual accounting for water extraction

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

(2) Water extracted by an approved water supply work 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) The maximum water allocation that can be carried over from one water accounting year to the next is 100% of the access licence share component.

(5) In any one water accounting year water taken from this water source under an access licence may not exceed the volume in the water allocation account, subject to clause 45 (1).

(7) In any one water accounting year, subject to local impact management restrictions arising from Part 10, Division 4 of this Plan, water taken from this groundwater source under an aquifer 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.

(8) Total water in any account relating to this groundwater source 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.

(9) Allocations in a water allocation account pertaining to this groundwater source cannot be carried over from one water accounting year to the next.

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