New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 4

4 Water source and waters to which this Plan applies

(1) The water source in respect of which this Plan is made is that between the banks of all rivers from the upper limit of Burrinjuck Dam water storage and Blowering Dam water storage downstream to the junction of the Murrumbidgee River and the Murray River, which at the date of commencement of this Plan, have been declared by the Minister to be regulated rivers.

Note: A regulated river is a river that has been declared by the Minister, by Order published in the New South Wales Government Gazette, to be a regulated river.

Note: The rivers and lakes referred to in subclause (1) are listed in Appendix 1.

(2) The water source shall be known as the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source (hereafter "this water source").

(3) The rivers included in this water source may be varied under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act as set out in Part 14 of this Plan.

(4) This water source is within the Murrumbidgee Water Management Area as constituted by the Ministerial Order published in the New South Wales Government Gazette (hereafter "the Gazette") on 23 November 2001.

Note: The Murrumbidgee Water Management Area is shown on the map in Appendix 2.

(5) This Plan applies to all water contained within this water source but does not apply to water contained within aquifer water sources underlying this water source or to water on land adjacent to this water source.

Note: Management of floodplain harvesting will not be a component of individual water sharing plans being produced for the regulated and unregulated rivers. Management of floodplain harvesting will occur according to a number of State-wide management principles, attached in Appendix 3.