New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe objectives of this Plan are to:
(a) preserve and maintain the natural functions of pools (including water quality) in Wandella Creek and its tributaries, particularly during dry periods, which includes the natural rates of drying,
(b) preserve and maintain the functions of very low flows (including the maintenance of water quality) in Wandella Creek and its tributaries, particularly during dry periods,Note: In practice, a minimum flow, adequate to preserve environmental health, will be protected from extraction, and a visible surface flow is to be maintained at specific nominated points for as long as flows persist.
(c) provide for the sustainable levels of water sharing from B and C class flows to imitate natural flow variability,
(d) provide for sustainable levels of water extraction from B, C and D class flows, so that initial storm freshes and river functions (including the protection of water quality) are protected,
(e) manage development of new water storage dams and weirs in this water source in such a way that natural flooding and storm fresh regimes are maintained and that native fish passage is sustained,
(f) maintain a contribution of flows from the this water source to water sources downstream of Wandella Creek and to the Tuross River estuary,
(g) link improved water management outcomes with programs to improve the riverine environment in this water source, using an integrated approach,
(h) allow for adaptive management to adjust this Plan to cater for integration of new knowledge of this water source, its environment, community and economic attributes,
(i) recognise and protect traditional values of water to Aboriginal people, and
(j) contribute to the achievement of water quality to support the environmental values of this water source.
Note: Some of these objectives refer to maintaining water quality. Although there are no specific strategies directly related to these objectives in this Plan, the environmental water provisions in this Plan make a positive contribution to maintaining water quality.