New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE UNREGULATED AND ALLUVIAL WATER SOURCES 2012

- Made under the Water Management Act 2000
- As at 2 October 2020
- Reg 492 of 2012

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
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   1.      Name of this Plan
   2.      Nature and status of this Plan
   3.      Commencement of this Plan
   4.      Application of this Plan
   5.      Management zones
   6.      Extraction management units for these water sources
   7.      Understanding the rules in this Plan
   8.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - VISION, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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   9.      Vision statement
   9A.     Acknowledgment
   10.     Objectives
   11.     Strategies
   12.     Performance indicators

   PART 3 - BULK ACCESS REGIME

   13.     Bulk access regime
   14.     Climatic variability

   PART 4 - PLANNED ENVIRONMENTAL WATER PROVISIONS
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   15.     General
   16.     Commitment and identification of planned environmental water
   17.     Establishment and maintenance of planned environmental water

   PART 5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER

           Division 1 - General

   18.     Application

           Division 2 - Requirements for water for basic landholder rights

   19.     Domestic and stock rights
   20.     Native title rights
   21.     Harvestable rights

           Division 3 - Requirements for water for extraction under access licences

   22.     Share components of domestic and stock access licences
   23.     Share components of local water utility access licences
   24.     Share components of unregulated river access licences
   25.     Share components of unregulated river (high flow) access licences
   26.     Share components of aquifer access licences
   27.     Share components of aquifer (high security) access licences
   28.     Share components of salinity and water table management access licences

   PART 6 - LIMITS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER
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           Division 1 - Long-term average annual extraction limits

   29.     General
   30.     Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limits
   31.     Calculation of current levels of annual extraction
   32.     Assessment of average annual extraction against long-term average annual extraction limits
   33.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limits for the EMUs
   34.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limit for the Billabong Creek Alluvial Groundwater Source
   35.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limit for the Bungendore Alluvial Groundwater Source
   36.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limits for the Gundagai Alluvial Groundwater Source, Kyeamba Alluvial Groundwater Source and Mid Murrumbidgee Zone 3 Alluvial Groundwater Source
   37.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limits for the Wagga Wagga Alluvial Groundwater Source

           Division 2 - Available water determinations

   38.     General
   39.     Available water determinations for domestic and stock access licences
   40.     Available water determinations for local water utility access licences
   41.     Available water determinations for unregulated river access licences
   42.     Available water determinations for unregulated river (high flow) access licences
   43.     Available water determinations for aquifer access licences
   44.     Available water determinations for aquifer (high security) access licences
   45.     Available water determinations for salinity and water table management access licences

   PART 7 - RULES FOR GRANTING ACCESS LICENCES
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   46.     Specific purpose access licences
   47.     Granting of access licences as a result of controlled allocation

   PART 8 - RULES FOR MANAGING ACCESS LICENCES

           Division 1 - Water allocation account management rules
           Note

   48.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Murrumbidgee Unregulated Water Sources excluding the Adelong Creek Water Source, the Tarcutta Creek Water Source and the Upper Billabong Water Source
   48A.    Individual access licence account management rules for the Adelong Creek Water Source, the Tarcutta Creek Water Source and the Upper Billabong Water Source
   49.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Billabong Creek Alluvial Groundwater Source
   50.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Bungendore Alluvial Groundwater Source
   51.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Gundagai Alluvial Groundwater Source
   52.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Kyeamba Alluvial Groundwater Source
   53.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Mid Murrumbidgee Zone 3 Alluvial Groundwater Source
   54.     Individual access licence account management rules for the Wagga Wagga Alluvial Groundwater Source

           Division 2 - Flow classes and daily access rules
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   55.     General
   56.     Flow classes
   57.     Access rules for the taking of surface water
   58.     Access rules for local water utility access licences in the Bungendore Alluvial Groundwater Source
   59.     Total daily extraction limits
   60.     Individual daily extraction limits

   PART 9 - RULES FOR WATER SUPPLY WORK APPROVALS
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           Division 1 - Rules applying to the granting or amending of water supply work approvals for water supply works that take surface water

   61.     General
   62.     Granting or amending water supply work approvals

           Division 2 - Rules applying to granting and amending of water supply work approvals for water supply works that take groundwater

   63.     General
   64.     Rules to minimise interference between water supply works in the Billabong Creek Alluvial Groundwater Source
   65.     Rules to minimise interference between water supply works in the Bungendore Alluvial Groundwater Source
   66.     Rules to minimise interference between water supply works in the Gundagai Alluvial Groundwater Source, Kyeamba Alluvial Groundwater Source, Mid Murrumbidgee Zone 3 Alluvial Groundwater Source and Wagga Wagga Alluvial Groundwater Source
   67.     Rules for water supply works located near contamination sources
   68.     Rules for water supply works located near groundwater dependent ecosystems
   69.     Rules for water supply works located near groundwater dependent culturally significant sites
   70.     Replacement groundwater works

           Division 3 - Rules for the use of water supply works used to take groundwater

   71.     Rules for the use of water supply works located within restricted distances

   PART 10 - ACCESS LICENCE DEALING RULES

   72.     General
   73.     Conversion of access licence to new category
   74.     Assignment of rights dealings
   75.     Amendment of share component dealings (change of water source)
   76.     Amendment of extraction component dealings
   77.     Assignment of water allocations dealings
   78.     Interstate transfer of access licences and assignment of water allocations
   79.     Nomination of water supply works dealings

   PART 11 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
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           Division 1 - General

   80.     General

           Division 2 - Access licences
           Note

   81.     General

           Division 3 - Water supply work approvals
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   82.     General
   83.     Water supply works used to take water from the Murrumbidgee Alluvial Groundwater Sources

   PART 12 - AMENDMENT OF THIS PLAN

   84.     General
   85.     Part 1
   86.     Part 4
   87.     Part 6
   88.     Part 8
   89.     Part 9
   90.     Part 10
   91.     Part 11
   92.     Dictionary
   93.     Schedules
   94.     Other
           Dictionary
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 1A
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5
           SCHEDULE 6
           SCHEDULE 7
           APPENDIX 1
           APPENDIX 2
           APPENDIX 3