WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 4 Application of this Plan

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 4

4 Application of this Plan

(1) This Plan applies to the following groundwater sources (hereafter
"these groundwater sources" ) within the Southern Water Management Area, the Hawkesbury-Nepean Water Management Area, the Southern Sydney Water Management Area, and the Sydney Harbour Water Management Area:

(a) Botany Sands Groundwater Source,

(b) Coxs River Fractured Rock Groundwater Source,

Note : The Coxs River Fractured Rock Water Source includes all water contained within the Coxs River Silurian, Upper Devonian, Lower Carboniferous and Post Triassic aquifers.

(c) Goulburn Fractured Rock Groundwater Source,

(d) Hawkesbury Alluvium Groundwater Source,

(e) Maroota Tertiary Sands Groundwater Source,

(f) Metropolitan Coastal Sands Groundwater Source,

(g) Sydney Basin Blue Mountains Groundwater Source,

(h) Sydney Basin Central Groundwater Source,

(i) Sydney Basin Coxs River Groundwater Source,

(j) Sydney Basin Nepean Groundwater Source,

(k) Sydney Basin North Groundwater Source,

(l) Sydney Basin Richmond Groundwater Source, and

(m) Sydney Basin South Groundwater Source.

Note : The Southern Water Management Area, Hawkesbury-Nepean Water Management Area, Southern Sydney Water Management Area and Sydney Harbour Water Management Area were constituted by Ministerial order made under section 11 of the Act published in the NSW Government Gazette Number 180 on 23 November 2001 page 9389.

(2) These groundwater sources are shown on the Plan Map called the Plan Map (WSP015_Version 2), Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Sources 2011 (hereafter
"the Plan Map" ) held by the Department.

Note : The Plan Map is part of this Plan. An overview of the Plan Map is shown in Appendix 1. Maps of the surface water management areas overlaying these water sources are shown in Appendix 3 of this Plan. Copies of the Plan Map may be inspected at the offices listed in Appendix 4 and are available on the NSW legislation website.

(3) These groundwater sources, excluding the Hawkesbury Alluvium Groundwater Source, include all water contained within all aquifers below the surface of the ground shown on the Plan Map.

(4) The Hawkesbury Alluvium Groundwater Source includes all water contained in the alluvial sediments below the surface of the ground shown on the Plan Map.

The Hawkesbury Alluvium Groundwater Source overlies the following groundwater sources: Sydney Basin Blue Mountains Groundwater Source, Sydney Basin Central Groundwater Source, Sydney Basin North Groundwater Source, Sydney Basin Nepean Groundwater Source and Sydney Basin Richmond Groundwater Source.