New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MURRUMBIDGEE GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 4

4 Area to which this Plan applies

(1) The area in respect of which this Plan is made is that area of land within the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Murray Water Management Areas known as the Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources (hereafter "these groundwater sources") as shown on the map in Schedule 2.

Note: The Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Murray Water Management Areas are shown on the map in Appendix 1.

(2) The groundwater sources referred to in this Plan are:

(a) the Lower Murrumbidgee Shallow Groundwater Source (hereafter "the Shallow Groundwater Source"), characterised by the Shepparton Formation, which is generally yellow and brown poorly sorted sand and clay sediments that extend to a depth of between 50 and 70 metres below the ground surface. The Shallow Groundwater Source extends to a depth of 40 metres, or the bottom of the Shepparton formation, whichever is the deeper and

(b) the Lower Murrumbidgee Deep Groundwater Source (hereafter the Deep Groundwater Source), generally represented by the Calivil and Renmark Formations, which are characterised by pale grey to white quartz sand layers, with lenses of grey to white clay, extending from the bottom of the Shepparton down to the bedrock, with a typical thickness of 100 to 300 metres.

Note: Maps referred to in this plan may be inspected at offices of the Department listed in Schedule 2. A schematic representation of these groundwater sources is also available at these offices.