New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE HUNTER REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 62

62 Water delivery and channel capacity constraints

Where necessary for determining extractions, managing water releases or providing water under access licences, the maximum water delivery or operating channel capacity shall be determined and specified in accordance with procedures established by the Minister, taking into account:

(a) inundation of private land or interference with access to land,

(b) the effects of inundation on the floodplain and associated wetlands,

(c) the transmission losses expected to occur,

(d) capacities of water management structures controlled by the Minister, and

(e) SWMOP targets.

Operation of the system at the commencement of this Plan has the following constraints on maximum flows:

Glenbawn Dam-7500 ML/day

Glennies Creek Dam 5000 ML/day