New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2008 - REG 13

13 Climatic variability

(1) This Plan recognises the effect of climatic variability on recharge in the groundwater sources by having provisions that manage:

(a) the sharing of water in these groundwater sources within the limits of water availability on a long-term basis, and

(b) water extraction to a volume that ensures both the protection of groundwater dependent ecosystems and water quality of these groundwater sources.