New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE TOORUMBEE CREEK WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 18

18 Planned environmental water

(1) Environmental health water is identified and established as all flows occurring in this water source minus 0.025 megalitres per day (hereafter "ML/day").

(2) Environmental health water is maintained in all flows as follows:

(a) persons exercising domestic and stock and native title rights may extract water, and

(b) the holders of access licences have restricted access to water as specified in clauses 43 to 46,

(c) limits are imposed on the availability of water, in accordance with clauses 33 and 35, that protect a proportion of natural river flows for fundamental ecological needs from increases in long-term water extraction.

Note: This Plan recognises that the planned environmental water provisions provide benefits, including a non-extractive water source for traditional Aboriginal spiritual, social and cultural use, and contributes to improved water quality.