New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThis Plan establishes the following planned environmental water rules:
(a) water volume in excess of the long-term extraction limit established in clause 30 of this Plan may not be taken from these water sources and used for any purpose, and
(b) water availability is to be managed as specified in clause 32 of this Plan to ensure water volume in excess of the long-term extraction limit is not being taken.
Note: By limiting long-term average extractions to an estimated 238,000 megalitres per year this Plan ensures that approximately 73% of the long-term average annual flow in these water sources (estimated to be 870,000 megalitres per year) will be preserved and will contribute to the maintenance of basic ecosystem health.