New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE UPPER AND LOWER NAMOI GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 37

37 Water level management

(1) The Minister may declare that, in order to protect water levels within these groundwater sources, local access restrictions are to apply in a defined area known as a local impact area.

(2) If water levels in any part of these groundwater sources have declined to such an extent that adverse impact is occurring, or is likely to occur, extraction from all water supply works (bores) nominated by access licences within a local impact area declared under subclause (1) will be restricted to such an extent and for such time as is required to reinstate water levels to such a degree as to mitigate or avoid that impact.

Note: This provision recognises that in some locations, at certain periods of high groundwater demand, critical water level declines may occur, and that additional extraction limitations may be required.