New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThis Plan establishes the following planned environmental water rules:
(a) water volume in excess of the long-term extraction limit established in clause 32 of this Plan may not be taken from this water source and used for any purpose,
(b) water availability is to be managed as specified in clause 34 of this Plan to ensure water volume in excess of the long-term extraction limit is not being taken,
Note: By limiting long-term extractions to 217,000 Megalitres per year, this Plan ensures that approximately 80% of long-term average flow in this water source (estimated to be 1,040,000 megalitres per year) will be preserved and will contribute to the maintenance of basic ecosystem health.
(c) this water source shall be managed to ensure that flows, in megalitres per day (hereafter "ML/day"), exceed those listed in the following table:and,
Flow reference site December to February March to May June to August September to November 1. (Liddell) 17 ML/day 18 ML/day 56 ML/day 38 ML/day 3. (Greta) 36 ML/day 40 ML/day 73 ML/day 61 ML/day
(d) sufficient volumes of water are to be held in reserve in storage to ensure these flows can be provided through a repeat of the worst drought in this water source for which reliable flow information is available.