New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE ROCKY CREEK, COBBADAH, UPPER HORTON AND LOWER HORTON WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 11

11 Objectives

The objectives of this Plan are to:

(a) implement the relevant River Flow Objectives as stated in Appendix 4, to protect, maintain and enhance the environmental values of this water source,

(b) manage this water source to ensure equitable sharing of water between all uses,

(c) protect this water source by ensuring adverse impacts of extraction are minimised,

(d) improve the water quality of this water source,

Note: This objective refers to maintaining water quality. Although there are no specific strategies directly related to this objective in this Plan, the environmental water provisions in this Plan make a positive contribution to maintaining water quality.

(e) provide opportunities for ecologically sustainable market-based trading of surface water in this water source,

(f) manage this water source to preserve and enhance basic landholder rights to water,

(g) ensure extraction from this water source is managed within the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, Schedule F-Cap on Diversions ,

(h) manage this water source to preserve and enhance cultural and heritage values,

(i) recognise and protect traditional values of water to Aboriginal people, and

(j) recognise the importance of the management of this water source for downstream river health.