New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2008 - REG 36

36 Annual accounting for water extraction

(1) Water taken by an approved water supply work nominated by an access licence will be periodically debited against the access licence water allocation account.

(2) Where an approved water supply work is being used both to take water for basic landholder rights and an access licence(s), the water is to be accounted on the basis that an annual volume equal to the basic landholder right for the water year will be the first volume regarded as being taken and all other water taken in that year will be accounted as extraction pursuant to the access licence(s).

(3) Where both an aquifer access licence and a supplementary water access licence nominate the same water supply works and use approval, water allocations will be debited from a supplementary water access licence water allocation account before water is debited from an aquifer access licence water allocation account.

(4) The water in a water allocation account of a domestic and stock (conveyance) access licence and an aquifer (interference) access licence at any time may not exceed a volume equal to 100% of the share component of the access licence.

(5) The water in a water allocation account of a local water utility access licence at any time may not exceed a volume equal to:

(a) 100% of the share component of the access licence,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another access licence in that water year,

(c) plus any water allocations re-credited in that year, and

(d) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence in that water year.

(6) Water allocations in the water allocation accounts of local water utility access licences, domestic and stock (conveyance) access licences and aquifer (interference) access licences at the end of a water year cannot be carried over to the next water year.

(7) The water in a water allocation account of an aquifer access licence account at any time in a water year may not exceed a volume equal to:

(a) 1.6 ML per unit of share component,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another licence in that water year, and

(c) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence in that water year.

(8) Subject to any local impact rules that are in force under this Plan water taken from the water allocation account of an aquifer access licence in a water year may not exceed a volume equal to:

(a) 1.3 ML per unit of share component,

(b) plus any water allocations assigned from another licence in that water year, and

(c) minus any water allocations assigned to another licence in that water year.

(9) Water allocations in a water allocation account of an aquifer access licence at the end of a water year may be carried over to the next water year subject to the account limit specified in clause (7).

Note: In accordance with section 85 of the Act, a water allocation account shall be established for each access licence in these groundwater sources. Water allocations will be accrued into each water allocation account each year in accordance with the available water determinations made for that category of access licence. Water allocations may be assigned to, or from, these accounts by a water allocation assignment made under section 71T of the Act, where these are allowed under rules specified in Part 11 of this Plan.