New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe objectives of this Plan are to:
(a) protect natural water levels in pools during periods of no flows,
(b) protect natural low flows,
(c) protect or restore a proportion of moderate flows (freshes) and high flows,
(d) maintain or restore the natural inundation patterns and distribution of floodwaters supporting natural wetland and floodplain ecosystems,
(e) maintain or imitate natural flow variability,
(f) maintain groundwater within natural levels and variability critical to surface flows and ecosystems,
(g) minimise the impacts of in-river structures,
(h) ensure river flow management provides for contingencies,
(i) maintain or improve the ecological condition of this water source and its riparian areas over the longer term,
(j) recognise and protect the contribution from this water source to downstream water sources’ environmental and basic right requirements,
(k) maintain water supply priority for basic landholder rights,
(l) provide an agreed level of water sharing for irrigation and other industry,
(m) recognise and protect traditional values of water to Aboriginal people, and
(n) contribute to the achievement of water quality to support the environmental values of this water source.
Note: This objective refers to maintaining water quality. Although there are no specific strategies directly related to this objective in this Plan, the environmental water provisions in this Plan make a positive contribution to maintaining water quality.