New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE PHILLIPS CREEK, MOOKI RIVER, QUIRINDI CREEK AND WARRAH CREEK WATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 45

45 Total daily extraction limits

(1) This Plan establishes a total daily extraction limit (hereafter "TDEL") for each flow class as follows:

(a) For the Phillips Creek Water Source:

(i) 5 ML/day for C class, and

(ii) 21 ML/day for D class.

Note: These flows represent 8% of the top of C class flows, and in D class 21% of the 5 th percentile flows for the year (all days).

(b) For the Mooki River Water Source:

(i) 800 ML/day for C class for the first 6 years of this Plan,

(ii) 600 ML/day for C class for the last 4 years of this Plan,

(iii) 1,500 ML/day for D class, and

(iv) 2,100 ML/day for E class.

Note: These flows represent 80% of the top of C class flows in the first 6 years and 60% of the top of C class flows in the last 4 years, 50% of the top of D class flows and in E class flows 33% of the 1 st percentile flows for the year (all days).

(c) For the Quirindi Creek Water Source:

(i) 9 ML/day for C class, and

(ii) 70 ML/day for D class.

Note: These flows represent 9% of the top of C class flows, and in D class 45% of the 5 th percentile flows for the year (all days).

(d) For the Warrah Creek Water Source:

(i) 5 ML/day for C class, and

(ii) 12.5 ML/day for D class.

Note: These flows represent 2.7% of the top of C class flows, and in D class 5% of the 5 th percentile flows for the year (all days).

(2) The TDEL for each flow class specified in subclause (1) applies to all rivers within these water sources apart from those rivers identified as minor streams in a harvestable rights Order made under section 54 of the Act.

Note: The harvestable rights Order applying to this area at the commencement of this Plan is that gazetted on 23 March 2001 under section 54 of the Act. It identifies minor streams as non-permanent 1st and 2nd order streams as shown on topographic maps.