New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE KULNURA MANGROVE MOUNTAIN GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 16

16 Recharge

(1) The overall basis for water sharing in this Plan is the average annual recharge to each groundwater source as follows:

(a) unquantified in Zone 1,

Note: Almost half of the area to which this Plan applies is in State Forests, National Parks and Drinking Water Catchment (Zone 1) and therefore a recharge figure for this groundwater source was not identified. This decision was made in recognition that extractions would not occur in this groundwater source, and continues the precedent set in the development of the previous groundwater licensing policy for Kulnura Mangrove Mountain.

(b) 1,128 megalitres per year (hereafter "ML/yr") in Zone 2,

(c) 2,616 ML/yr in Zone 3,

(d) 3,602 ML/yr in Zone 4,

(e) 3,023 ML/yr in Zone 5,

(f) 2,765 ML/yr in Zone 6,

(g) 8,231 ML/yr in Zone 7, and

(h) 9,007 ML/yr in Zone 8.

(2) Pursuant to section 45 (1) (b) of the Act, the average annual recharge to each groundwater source established in subclause (1) may be varied by the Minister after year 5 of this Plan, following further recharge studies undertaken by the Minister.

Note: The extent of impact of this change on access by licence holders is limited by the provisions in clause 28.