WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 82 Other

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 82

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(1) This Plan may be amended to provide for the management of floodplain harvesting within these water sources.

(2) This Plan may be amended to provide for the shepherding of water.

(3) This Plan may be amended to incorporate new release rules for Warragamba Dam, to provide for the passage of those releases and to establish new access rules following a decision by the NSW Government on the requirements for releases from Warragamba Dam for environmental and other purposes.

(4) This Plan may be amended to include rules to provide for any new category or subcategory of access licence established for the purpose of stormwater harvesting.

(5) This Plan may be amended to provide rules for the interception of runoff from land before it reaches a stream by plantations or other means.

(6) This Plan may be amended to allow for the granting of aquifer interference approvals and the management of aquifer interference activities.

(7) This Plan may be amended to secure water savings associated with the Commonwealth of Australia and NSW Government Hawkesbury-Nepean River Recovery Project.

(8) This Plan may be amended to include or amend rules in relation to record-keeping. This includes amendments in relation to requirements for Logbooks following the installation of meters with telemetry.

(9) Consequential amendments may be made to this Plan as a result of an amendment to the Act or regulations.

(10) This Plan may be amended to include rules for the following:

(a) managed aquifer recharge,

Note : Managed aquifer recharge schemes involve taking water such as recycled water or urban stormwater, treating it and then storing it in underground aquifers under controlled conditions. This water can then be extracted at a later time.

(b) the management of salt interception schemes.

(11) This Plan may be amended following the granting of a native title claim pursuant to the provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth to give effect to an entitlement granted under that claim.

(12) This Plan may be amended after Year 5 to provide rules for the protection of water-dependent Aboriginal cultural assets to do any of the following:

(a) identify water-dependent Aboriginal cultural assets,

(b) restrict the granting and amending of water supply work approvals to protect water-dependent Aboriginal cultural assets,

(c) amend the dealing rules to protect water-dependent Aboriginal cultural assets.

(13) Any amendment under subclause (12) will take into account the socio-economic impacts of the proposed change and the environmental water requirements of the water source.

(14) Before making an amendment pursuant to subclause (12) the Minister should consult with relevant Government agencies and stakeholders.