New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES MURRAY AND LOWER DARLING REGULATED RIVERS WATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 61

61 Water delivery and channel capacity constraints

Where necessary for determining extraction rights, managing water releases or providing water under access licences, the maximum water delivery or operating channel capacity shall be determined and specified in accordance with procedures established by the Minister, taking into account:

(a) inundation of private land or interference with access,

(b) the effects of inundation on the floodplain and associated wetlands,

(c) the transmission losses expected to occur,

(d) capacities of water management structures controlled by the Minister, and

(e) the SWOMP targets.

The following capacities have been assessed:

• Hume Dam and Lake Mulwala of 25,000 ML/day,

• Tocumwal Choke of 10,600 ML/day,

• Barmah Choke of 8,500 ML/day,

• Edward River offtake of 1,600 ML/day,

• Gulpa Creek of 350 ML/day, and

• Pooncarie of 20,000 ML/day.