WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 30
Transfer rules from the Shoalhaven River Water Source to the Upper Nepean and Upstream Warragamba Water Source
WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 30
Transfer rules from the Shoalhaven River Water Source to the Upper Nepean and Upstream Warragamba Water Source
30 Transfer rules from the Shoalhaven River Water Source to the Upper Nepean
and Upstream Warragamba Water Source
(1) Water NSW must not commence
transferring water from the Shoalhaven River Water Source to the Upper Nepean
and Upstream Warragamba Water Source unless:
(a) the total volume of water in
Water NSW storages within these water sources is less than 75% of total
storage capacity of those storages, and
(b) the level of water in Lake
Yarrunga is equal to or greater than 55.34 metres.
(2) Water NSW must cease
transferring water from the Shoalhaven River Water Source to the Upper Nepean
and Upstream Warragamba Water Source when either:
(a) the total volume of
water in Water NSW's storages within these water sources is equal to or
greater than 80% of total storage capacity of those storages, or
(b) the
level of water in Lake Yarrunga is less than 55.34 metres.
Notes :
1 Water
NSW storages referred to in this clause are Cataract Dam, Cordeaux Dam, Upper
Cordeaux No. 2 Dam, Upper Cordeaux No. 1 Dam, Avon Dam, Nepean Dam, Woronora
Dam, Warragamba Dam, Prospect Reservoir, Wingecarribee Reservoir, Fitzroy
Falls Reservoir, Bendeela Pondage, Tallowa Dam, Medlow Dam, Greaves Creek Dam,
and Cascade Dams 1, 2 and 3.
2 A level of water of 55.34 metres in Lake
Yarrunga equates to 1 metre below Full Supply Level for Tallowa Dam.
3
"Total storage capacity" and
"Full Supply Level" are defined in the Dictionary.
