New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES MURRAY AND LOWER DARLING REGULATED RIVERS WATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 14

14 Planned environmental water

This Plan establishes the following planned environmental water rules:

(a) water volume in excess of the long-term extraction limits established in clause 31 of this Plan may not be taken from this water source and used for any purpose, and

(b) water availability is to be managed as specified in clause 33 of this Plan to ensure water volume in excess of the long-term extraction limits is not being taken.

Note: Clauses 14 (a) and 14 (b) contribute to protection of fundamental ecosystem health by ensuring the long-term average volume of water that the environment receives is not eroded by increases in extraction by NSW water users.