New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

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

37 Available water determinations for regulated river (high security) access licences

(1) The water supply system shall be managed so that available water determinations for regulated river (high security) access licences of 1 megalitre per unit share can be maintained in each water source through a repeat of the worst period of low inflows into these water sources, as represented in flow information held by the Department.

(2) Sufficient volumes of water must be set aside from assured inflows into these water sources and reserves held in Split Rock Dam and Keepit Dam water storages to provide for subclause (1).

(3) The available water determinations for regulated river (high security) access licences in each water source made for the commencement of each water year shall provide an allocation of 1 megalitre per unit share whenever possible.

(4) If an available water determination made under subclause (3) is less than 1 megalitre per unit share, then further assessments of available water shall be carried out and available water determinations made until the sum of allocations for the water year is equivalent to 1 megalitre per unit share.

(5) The sum of available water determinations for regulated river (high security) access licences in each water source in any water year shall not exceed 1 megalitre per unit share.

(6) Available water determinations made for regulated river (high security) access licences must take into account:

(a) the environmental water provisions established by this Plan,

(b) requirements for domestic and stock rights,

(c) requirements for native title rights,

(d) requirements for domestic and stock access licences,

(e) requirements for local water utility access licences,

(f) allocations remaining in access licence water allocation accounts from previous available water determinations,

(g) water losses associated with the holding and delivery of water to meet the requirements specified in subclauses (a) to (f),

(h) an appropriate volume to meet water losses associated with the holding and delivery of water resulting from the available water determination, and

(i) any other relevant matters.