WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 14 Climatic variability

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 14

14 Climatic variability

This Plan recognises the effects of climatic variability on river flow in these water sources by provisions that:

(a) manage the sharing of water in these water sources within the limits of water availability on a long-term average annual basis and the priorities according to which water allocations are to be adjusted as a consequence of any reductions in the availability of water due to an increase in average annual extraction above the long-term average annual extraction limit, contained in Division 1 of Part 7 of this Plan, and

(b) manage the sharing of water in specified water sources on a daily basis in these water sources, contained in Division 2 of Part 9 of this Plan.

Note : Other statutory tools are available to manage climatic variability within a water source, for example, temporary water restrictions under section 324 of the Act.