New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LACHLAN REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 60

60 Replenishment flows

(1) The following replenishment flows are to be provided in each water year if required:

(a) a volume of up to 12,000 megalitres per water year to Willandra Creek downstream from Homestead Weir to the Ivanhoe/Balranald Road (Grid Reference 229700 east, 6333000 north, Kilfera Map, 1:100,000, Sheet 7731), which volume includes water for the township of Ivanhoe and Morrison’s Lake.

(b) a volume of up to 9,000 megalitres per water year to the Marrowie Creek Trust District downstream to Cuba Dam (Grid Reference 266800 east, 6249000 north, Tarwong Map, 1:50,000, Sheet 7730), and

(c) a volume of up to 9,000 megalitres per water year to the Torrigany, Muggabah and Merrimajeel Creeks Trust District downstream to the Murrumbidgil Swamp (Angorra Clump) (Grid Reference 281000 east, 6249000 north, Booligal Map, 1:50,000, Sheet 7830) on Merrimajeel Creek and the point on Muggabah Creek at Grid Reference 279000 east, 6239700 north, Booligal Map, 1:50,000, Sheet 7830).

(2) Booberoi Creek is to receive a continuous supply at its off-take at a rate sufficient to provide for town and domestic supply and stock watering and produce a visible flow at the Ginniguldrie Road Bridge, providing that the volume so supplied does not exceed 12,500 megalitres in any water year.

(3) Sufficient volumes of water must be set aside from assured inflows into the water source and reserves held in Wyangala Dam water storage or other water storages to provide for subclause (1) and subclause (2).