New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MURRAY GROUNDWATER SOURCE - REG 27

27 Share components of aquifer access licences

(1) For those Water Act 1912 entitlements equal to or less than 20 ML that are to become aquifer access licences in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan, the share component is to be equal to the Water Act 1912 entitlement.

(2) For those Water Act 1912 entitlements greater than 20 ML that are to become aquifer access licences in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan, the share component will be established in accordance with the following formula:

(a) where

(b) For the remaining Water Act 1912 entitlements greater than 20 ML

(3) For the purpose of subclauses 2 (a) and 2 (b):

(a) "SCAAL" is the share component of the aquifer access licence,

(b) "AE" is the adjusted entitlement calculated from the following formula:

"HoE" "WAE"

(c) "ΣAE" is the total of all adjusted entitlements for Water Act 1912 entitlements greater than 20 ML,

(d) "ΣAE(b)" is the total of all adjusted entitlements for Water Act 1912 entitlements greater than 20 ML other than those for which a share component is allocated under subclause 2 (a),

(e) "R" is the amount of recharge established in clause 16 (1),

(f) "LWU" is the total of local water utility access licence share components in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan,

(g) "SD" is the total of domestic and stock access licence share components in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan,

(h) "ΣSL" is the total of all Water Act 1912 entitlements that are less than or equal to 20 ML as defined in subclause (1), and

(i) "ΣSCAAL(a)" is the total of all share components calculated under subclause 2 (a)

(4) For the purposes of subclause (3) and clause 28 HoE is equal to average of the three highest years of metered extraction in the water years 1999/00 to 2004/05.

(5) It is estimated that at the time of commencement of this Plan the sum of aquifer access licences established will total 83,580 ML.