New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe following definitions apply to this Plan
in addition to the definitions set out in the Act:
"Act" is the Water Management Act 2000 .
"artesian" refers to groundwater under sufficient pressure to rise above the
level at which it is encountered by a bore.
"contamination source" is where a part of the groundwater sources have a
substance present within them at a concentration above that at which the
substance is normally present, and at a level that presents a risk of harm to
human health, the environment or at a level which reduces the beneficial use
of a groundwater source.
"drawdown" refers to a lowering of the level to which water will rise in cased
bores. Natural drawdown may occur due to seasonal climatic changes.
Groundwater pumping may also result in seasonal and long-term drawdown.
"groundwater" is water that occurs beneath the surface of the ground in the
saturated zone.
"groundwater dependent ecosystems" are ecosystems which have their species
composition and natural ecological processes wholly or partially determined by
groundwater.
"high priority groundwater dependent ecosystems" are groundwater dependent
ecosystems which are considered high priority for management actions.
"Minister" is the Minister administering the Act.
"monitoring bore" refers to a bore constructed for the purpose of measuring
water levels and/or taking samples for water quality analysis.
"net recharge" is the difference between recharge and the through flow water
component required for the other groundwater sources.
"recharge" is the long term average annual volume of water that replenishes
the aquifer.
"sandstone" is sedimentary rock formed by the consideration of sand grains,
with the sand component often predominantly quartz and cemented by a fine
grained matrix.
"water year" means a year commencing 1 July.