New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MURRUMBIDGEE GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 34

34 Annual accounting for water extraction

(1) Water taken from these groundwater sources will be accounted for at least annually.

(2) Water taken by a water supply work (bore) nominated by an access licence will be periodically debited against the access licence water allocation account.

(3) A water allocation account shall remain at or above zero at all times.

(4) Unused water allocations in the water allocation accounts of domestic and stock access licences or of local water utility access licences or supplementary water access licences cannot be carried over from one water year to the next.

(5) In any water year, subject to local impact management restrictions arising from Part 10, Division 2 of this Plan, water taken under a local water utility access licence or a domestic and stock access licence, or a supplementary water access licence, and total water in any water allocation account associated with such an access licence at any time may not exceed a volume equal to:

(a) 100% of the share component of the access licence,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another access licence under section 71T of the Act in that year,

(c) plus any water allocations re-credited in accordance with section 76 of the Act in that year, and

(d) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year.

(6) Unused water allocations in the water allocation accounts of aquifer access licence may be carried over from one water year to the next, subject to subclause (7).

(7) The maximum amount of unused water allocations that can be carried over under subclause (6) is equal to 2 ML per unit of share component.

(8) In any water year, subject to local impact management restrictions arising from Part 10, Division 2 of this Plan, water taken from these groundwater sources under an aquifer access licence may not exceed a volume that is equal to:

(a) 2 ML per unit of aquifer access licence share component,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another access licence under section 71T of the Act in that year, and

(c) minus any water allocations assigned to another access licence under section 71T of the Act in that year.

(9) Total water in any aquifer access licence water allocation account at any time may not exceed a volume that is equal to:

(a) 3 ML per unit of aquifer access licence share component,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year,

(c) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence under section 71T of the Act in that year.

(10) In any water year, subject to local impact management restrictions arising from Part 10, Division 2 of this Plan, water taken from these groundwater sources under a supplementary water access licence may not exceed the allocation resulting from the available water determination.

(11) Where both an aquifer access licence and a supplementary water access licence nominate the same water supply works and use approval, water allocations will be debited from a supplementary water access licence water allocation account before water is debited from an aquifer access licence water allocation account.