WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - SCHEDULE 1

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary

"Aboriginal person" has the same meaning as under section 4 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 .


"alluvial sediments" means unconsolidated fluvio-lacustrine sediments.


"drawdown" means a lowering of the level to which water will rise in cased bores. Natural drawdown may occur due to seasonal climatic changes. Groundwater pumping may also result in seasonal and long-term drawdown.


"escarpment" means steep to precipitous landform pattern forming a linearly extensive, straight or sinuous inclined surface, which separates terrains at different altitudes, that above the escarpment commonly being a plateau. Relief within the landform pattern may be high (hilly) or low (planar). The upper margin is often marked by an included cliff or scarp.


"groundwater dependent ecosystems" includes ecosystems which have their species composition and natural ecological processes wholly or partially determined by groundwater.


"Logbook" , in relation to an access licence or water supply work approval, means a written record, kept in hard copy or electronic form, which accurately records all information required to be kept in relation to the access licence or water supply work approval under the rules in this Plan.


"management zone" is an area within a water source in which rules particular to that management zone will apply, for example, rules for granting water supply work approvals or restrictions on dealings.


"Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia" means the document published by the National Uniform Drillers Licensing Committee entitled Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia, 2003, ISBN 978-0-646-56917-8 .


"monitoring bore" means a bore constructed for the purpose of measuring water levels and/or taking samples for water quality analysis.


"recharge" means the addition of water, usually by natural infiltration, to an aquifer.


"Plan Map" for these water sources has the same meaning as in clause 4 (2) of this Plan.


"replacement groundwater work" has the same meaning as in clause 38 (2).


"slotted intervals" means that part of the water bore where slots in the casing occur which are designed to allow water to enter the bore.


"stream order" means the stream order defined by the Strahler stream ordering method.

Note : The Strahler stream ordering method is described in the Order made under section 5 of the Water Act 1912 published in the NSW Government Gazette No 37 on 24 March 2006 page 1500, or as may be amended or updated from time to time by further order.