New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MACQUARIE GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 27

27 Extraction limits

(1) This Division is made in accordance with section 20 (2) (a) of the Act.

(2) The extraction limit for each groundwater source, except Zone 5, is the recharge established in clause 16, minus the proportion of recharge reserved as planned environmental water in clause 18, plus total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan and is as follows:

(a) 21,675 ML/yr, plus total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan in Zone 1,

(b) 22,610 ML/yr plus total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan in Zone 2,

(c) 9,350 ML/yr plus total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan in Zone 3,

(d) 5,100 ML/yr plus total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan in Zone 4, and

(e) 8,160 ML/yr plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan in Zone 6.

(3) For Zone 5, until the average annual recharge and the proportion of recharge reserved for the environment are established under clauses 16 (3) and 18 (3), the extraction limit is taken to be 2,398 ML/yr, plus basic landholder rights being the requirements for water at the commencement of this plan identified in clause 25 (2).

(4) For Zone 5, after the average annual recharge and the proportion of recharge reserved for the environment are established under clauses 16 (3) and 18 (3), the extraction limit will be the recharge minus the proportion of recharge reserved for the environment plus basic landholder rights.