New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 69

69 Flows in the Lowbidgee Flood Control and Irrigation District

(1) Flows that are in excess of those required;

(a) under the environmental water provisions specified in Part 3,

(b) to supply domestic and stock rights and native title rights requirements,

(c) to supply higher priority access licence requirements, and

(d) to provide relevant replenishment flows as specified in clause 63,

may be made available for diversion to the Lowbidgee Flood Control and Irrigation District at the offtake regulators located within the Maude and Redbank Weir pools.

(2) Access to flows by the Lowbidgee Flood Control and Irrigation District shall not be permitted where:

(a) the sum of water allocations from available water determinations to regulated river (general security) access licences in the New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source (as defined in the Water Sharing Plan for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2003 ) plus any water carried over in those water allocation accounts from the previous water year is less than 0.6 megalitres multiplied by the total number of unit shares specified in share components of regulated river (general security) access licences in that water source, and

(b) those flows that are in excess of those required under subclause (1) can be re-regulated in the New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source and be made available for extraction by regulated river (general water) access licences in that water source.

(3) The process for determining access to flows by the Lowbidgee Flood Control and Irrigation District should be specified in accordance with procedures established by the Minister.

(4) Pursuant to section 45 (1) (b) of the Act and clause 73 of this Plan, the Minister may vary clause 69 to the extent specified in clause 73.

Note: An assessment has been made of the water that would be diverted to the Lowbidgee District under the rules applying at the commencement of this Plan, using the Integrated Quantity Quality Model scenario ‘50 EWA1 plus TT’. This indicates that a long-term average annual controlled flow of 303,000 megalitres would result.

Note: An assessment has been made of the water that would be diverted to the Lowbidgee District under the rules applying at the commencement of this Plan but with the end of system flows rules that are to apply after the 5 th year, included. This assessment was undertaken, using the Integrated Quantity Quality Model scenario ‘K32’. This indicates that a long-term average annual controlled flow to the Lowbidgee District of 292,000 megalitres would result.

Note: An assessment has been made of the extent to which additional water could be diverted to the Lowbidgee District following variations to Lowbidgee access rules as per clause 73 of this Plan. This assessment was undertaken using Integrated Quantity Quality Model scenario ‘721capm4’. This indicates that a long-term average annual controlled flow to the Lowbidgee District of 309,000 would result.