Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007 (Qld)

Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007

Queensland Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007 Subordinate Legislation 2007 No. 298 made under the WaterAct2000 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of s 5 (Water to which plan applies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 6 (General outcomes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 7 (Ecological outcomes for plan area). . . . . . . . 5 6 Insertion of new s 13A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 13A Coastal Burnett groundwater management area . . . . 5 7 Replacement of pt 4, div 1, sdiv 1 (Calculation of objectives and performance indicators). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Subdivision 1 Assessing consistency with objectives 14 Assessing consistency with objectives for surface water ................................. 6 15 Assessing consistency with objectives for groundwater .......................... 6 8 Amendment of s 18 (Nodes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 Insertion of new pt 4, div 1, sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Subdivision 3 Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas for Coastal Burnett groundwater management area 18A Coastal Burnett groundwater management area . . . . 7 18B Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas . . . . . 7

2 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007 No. 298, 2007 18C Information about areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10 Insertion of new pt 4, div 2, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 Amendment of s 19 (Objectives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 12 Amendment of s 20 (Performance indicators) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 13 Insertion of new pt 4, div 2, sdivs 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Subdivision 2 Groundwater 20A Groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives . . . . . 9 20B Performance indicators for groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 20C Seawater intrusion objective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20D Performance indicator for seawater intrusion objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14 Amendment of s 23 (Objectives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 Amendment of s 24 (Performance indicators) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 16 Insertion of new pt 5, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 Amendment of s 25 (Decisions about managing or allocating water) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 18 Amendment of s 26 (Matters chief executive must consider) . . . . 11 19 Insertion of new pt 5, div 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 20 Insertion of new pt 5, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Division 3 Strategies for achieving outcomes (groundwater) 30A Decision not to increase amount of groundwater taken in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 30B Restriction on taking or interfering with groundwater . 12 30C Taking or interfering with groundwater, other than for stock or domestic purposes, using existing works in extension area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 30D Taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using existing works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 30E Restriction on taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using new works . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 30F Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997 . . . . . 14 21 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, hdg and sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 22 Amendment of s 31 (Maximum daily rates for taking water) . . . . 15 23 Amendment of s 32 (Annual volumes of water that may be taken) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 24 Amendment of s 34 (Converting authorisations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 25 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007 No. 298, 2007 Subdivision 2 Groundwater 34A Maximum rates for taking groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . 16 34B Authorisation to take groundwater converted to water allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 34C Granting water allocation to take groundwater in the extension area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 26 Insertion of new pt 5, div 5, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 27 Amendment of s 37 (Unallocated water in plan area) . . . . . . . . . 18 28 Insertion of new s 37A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 37A Continued effect of moratorium notice—Act, s 46(3) . 18 29 Insertion of new pt 5, div 6, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 30 Insertion of new s 39A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 39A Amending resource operations plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 31 Insertion of new pt 6, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 32 Amendment of s 40 (Monitoring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 33 Insertion of new pt 6, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Division 2 Groundwater 42A Monitoring for groundwater in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 34 Amendment of s 44 (Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57) . . . . 21 35 Amendment of sch 4 (Nodes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 36 Insertion of new schs 4A–4C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Schedule 4A Coastal Burnett groundwater management area Schedule 4B Groundwater sub-areas for upper groundwater unit Schedule 4C Groundwater sub-area for lower groundwater unit 37 Amendment of sch 5 (Environmental flow objectives) . . . . . . . . . 27 38 Amendment of sch 6 (Water allocation security objectives) . . . . . 29 39 Amendment of sch 8 (Volumes for simulated mean annual diversions) 30 40 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

s1 4 s4 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 1 Short title This plan may be cited as the Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007 . 2 Plan amended This plan amends the Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000. 3 Amendment of s 5 (Water to which plan applies) (1) Section 5, ‘following water’— omit, insert— ‘following water ( surface water )’. (2) Section 5— insert— ‘(2) This plan also applies to groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area.’. 4 Amendment of s 6 (General outcomes) (1) Section 6(b)— insert— ‘(v) dewatering purposes; and’. (2) Section 6(f)— omit, insert— ‘(f) to reduce reliance on groundwater in areas affected, or potentially affected, by seawater intrusion; and (fa) to reduce reliance on groundwater in areas where irrigation with groundwater is detrimental to soil; and (fb) to provide for the continued use of all water entitlements and other authorisations to take or interfere with groundwater; and

s5 5 s7 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 (fc) to provide water sharing rules under the resource operations plan that recognise the importance of access to groundwater for urban purposes; and’. (3) Section 6(fa) to (g)— renumber as— section 6(g) to (j). 5 Amendment of s 7 (Ecological outcomes for plan area) (1) Section 7(d)— omit. (2) Section 7(e) and (f)— renumber as section 7(d) and (e) . 6 ‘13A Insertion of new s 13A Part 3, division 2— insert— Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ‘Water in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area is to be managed and allocated— (a) to maintain or improve the availability of groundwater to sustain native plants and animals that are dependent on groundwater; and (b) to maintain or improve the flow, level, pressure and quality of groundwater to sustain riverine, estuarine and marine processes; and (c) to prevent further seawater intrusion.’. 7 Replacement of pt 4, div 1, sdiv 1 (Calculation of objectives and performance indicators) Part 4, division 1, subdivision 1— omit, insert—

s7 6 s7 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘Subdivision 1 Assessing consistency with objectives ‘14 Assessing consistency with objectives for surface water ‘(1) The IQQM computer program’s simulation for the simulation period for surface water is used to assess consistency with the environmental flow objectives, compensation flow objectives and water allocation security objectives for surface water. ‘(2) If it is not practicable to use the IQQM computer program, another assessment method approved by the chief executive may be used. ‘(3) The chief executive may approve an assessment method for subsection (2) only if the chief executive is satisfied the method will assess consistency with the objectives at least as accurately as the IQQM computer program. ‘15 Assessing consistency with objectives for groundwater ‘(1) Each of the following is used to assess consistency with the environmental flow objectives and water allocation security objectives for groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area— (a) the instructional seawater intrusion model’s simulation for the simulation period for groundwater; (b) the Coastal Burnett groundwater project numerical groundwater flow model’s simulation for the simulation period for groundwater. ‘(2) If it is not practicable to use the instructional seawater intrusion model or the Coastal Burnett groundwater project numerical groundwater flow model, another assessment method approved by the chief executive may be used. ‘(3) The chief executive may approve an assessment method for subsection (2) only if the chief executive is satisfied the method will assess consistency with the objectives at least as accurately as the instructional seawater intrusion model or the

s8 7 s9 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 Coastal Burnett groundwater project numerical groundwater flow model.’. 8 Amendment of s 18 (Nodes) (1) Section 18(1), ‘area’— omit, insert — ‘area or a place in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area’. (2) Section 18(2), ‘map’— omit, insert— ‘map or the map in schedule 4A’. 9 Insertion of new pt 4, div 1, sdiv 3 Part 4, division 1— insert— ‘Subdivision 3 Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas for Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ‘18A Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ‘The Coastal Burnett groundwater management area is the part of the plan area shown on the map in schedule 4A. ‘18B Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas ‘(1) The Coastal Burnett groundwater management area consists of the following (each a groundwater unit )— (a) the upper groundwater unit, containing the aquifers of the Elliott Formation; (b) the lower groundwater unit, containing the aquifers of the Fairymead Beds.

s 10 8 s 11 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘(2) Each of the following areas within the upper groundwater unit and shown on the map in schedule 4B is a groundwater sub-area for this plan— (a) Kolan-Burnett groundwater sub-area; (b) Burnett-Elliott groundwater sub-area; (c) Elliott-Gregory groundwater sub-area; (d) Farnsfield groundwater sub-area. ‘(3) The area of the lower groundwater unit, shown on the map in schedule 4C as the Fairymead groundwater sub-area, is a groundwater sub-area for this plan. ‘18C Information about areas ‘ (1) The exact location of the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area and groundwater sub-area boundaries is held in digital electronic form by the department. ‘(2) The information held in digital electronic form can be reduced or enlarged to show the details of the boundaries. Editor’s note — The boundary locations in digital electronic form may be inspected at the department’s office at 16–32 Enterprise Street, Bundaberg.’. 10 Insertion of new pt 4, div 2, sdiv 1, hdg Part 4, division 2, before section 19— insert— ‘Subdivision 1 Surface water’. 11 Amendment of s 19 (Objectives) Section 19, from ‘this plan’— omit, insert— ‘surface water are stated in schedule 5, parts 1 and 2.’.

s 12 9 s 13 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 12 Amendment of s 20 (Performance indicators) Section 20, ‘objectives’— omit, insert— ‘objectives for surface water’. 13 Insertion of new pt 4, div 2, sdivs 2 and 3 Part 4, division 2— insert— ‘Subdivision 2 Groundwater ‘20A Groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives ‘The environmental flow objectives for groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ( groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives ) are stated in schedule 5, part 3. ‘20B Performance indicators for groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives ‘The performance indicators for the groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives are— (a) for groundwater-dependent ecosystems at each node mentioned in schedule 5, part 3, table 8, column 1— (i) the simulated average depth to the watertable; and (ii) the simulated period that the depth to the watertable is more than the distance stated in column 3 of the table for the node; and (b) for submarine groundwater discharge systems—the simulated average coastal submarine groundwater discharge.

s 14 10 s 16 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘20C Seawater intrusion objective ‘The environmental flow objective for seawater intrusion for the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ( seawater intrusion objective ) is that there is no increase in the average simulated area affected by seawater intrusion in each groundwater sub-area as at the commencement of this section. ‘20D Performance indicator for seawater intrusion objective ‘The performance indicator for the seawater intrusion objective is the average area affected by seawater intrusion simulated by the instructional seawater intrusion model and the Coastal Burnett groundwater project numerical groundwater flow model.’. 14 Amendment of s 23 (Objectives) Section 23— insert— ‘(c) for water allocations to take groundwater from the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area—schedule 6, part 3.’. 15 Amendment of s 24 (Performance indicators) Section 24— insert— ‘(3) The performance indicators for water allocation security objectives for water allocations to take groundwater in a groundwater sub-area are— (a) simulated nominal volume; and (b) simulated nominal volume probability.’. 16 Insertion of new pt 5, div 1, hdg Part 5, before section 25—

s 17 11 s 20 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 insert— ‘Division 1 General strategies for achieving outcomes’. 17 Amendment of s 25 (Decisions about managing or allocating water) Section 25(a), ‘schedule 5’— omit, insert— ‘section 20C and schedule 5’. 18 Amendment of s 26 (Matters chief executive must consider) (1) Section 26(1)(d)— insert— ‘(iv) groundwater levels in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area are insufficient to maintain base flows to rivers or prevent further degradation of the quality of groundwater by seawater intrusion;’. (2) Section 26(1)(e)— insert— ‘(viii)groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area;’. 19 Insertion of new pt 5, div 2, hdg Part 5, after section 26— insert— ‘Division 2 Strategies for achieving outcomes (surface water)’. 20 Insertion of new pt 5, div 3 Part 5, after section 30—

s 20 12 s 20 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 insert— ‘Division 3 Strategies for achieving outcomes (groundwater) ‘30A Decision not to increase amount of groundwater taken in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ‘ (1) The chief executive must not make a decision about the allocation or management of groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area that would increase the total volume of groundwater that may be taken in the area. ‘(2) A decision mentioned in subsection (1) includes a decision about an application, in relation to taking groundwater under an authorisation, made but not decided before the commencement of this section. ‘(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a decision— (a) about a water permit; or (b) about reinstating or replacing an expired water entitlement; or (c) to authorise taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes under section 30E; or (d) about a water licence for dewatering purposes; or (e) required to be made under the resource operations plan. ‘30B Restriction on taking or interfering with groundwater ‘A person must not take or interfere with groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area other than— (a) under a water entitlement; or (b) under a water permit; or (c) under an authority under section 30E; or (d) by using works mentioned in section 30C or 30D for taking groundwater only for stock or domestic purposes; or

s 20 13 s 20 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 (e) under a seasonal water assignment approved under section 233 of the Act. ‘30C Taking or interfering with groundwater, other than for stock or domestic purposes, using existing works in extension area ‘(1 ) This section applies to the owner of land in the extension area on which existing works for taking or interfering with groundwater are situated. ‘(2) The owner may take groundwater, other than for stock or domestic purposes, using the existing works if the owner has, before 22 January 2007, given the chief executive a notice under the Water Regulation 2002 , section 3CA, for the works. ‘(3) In this section— existing works means— (a) works that were in existence immediately before the commencement of this section; or (b) works replacing works mentioned in paragraph (a). ‘30D Taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using existing works ‘(1) An owner of land in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area may use existing works for taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes. ‘(2) In this section— existing works means— (a) works— (i) in existence immediately before the commencement of this section; or (ii) for which an agreement with the chief executive in relation to the works was entered into before the commencement of this section; or (b) works replacing works mentioned in paragraph (a).’.

s 20 14 s 20 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘30E Restriction on taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using new works ‘(1) This section applies to an owner of land in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area if— (a) the owner is not, under section 30D, using existing works for taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes; and (b) the land is not in a service area for a retail water service. ‘(2) The owner may use new works for the taking of groundwater for stock or domestic purposes if reconfiguring a lot on the land has not happened after 22 January 2007. ‘(3) However, if the new works were not physically completed before 22 January 2007, the owner must, before taking groundwater, give the chief executive notice in the approved form of the works. ‘(4) In this section— new works means — (a) works not in existence immediately before the commencement of this section; or (b) works for which an agreement with the chief executive has not been entered into before the commencement of this section in relation to the works. reconfiguring a lot means— (a) creating lots by subdividing another lot; or (b) dividing land into parts by agreement (other than a lease for a term, including renewal options, not exceeding 10 years, or an agreement for the exclusive use of part of the common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community ManagementAct 1997 ) rendering different parts of a lot immediately available for separate disposition or separate occupation. ‘30F Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997 ‘In the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area—

s 21 15 s 23 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 (a) works for taking or interfering with groundwater are assessable development under the IntegratedPlanningAct 1997 , schedule 8, part 1, table 4, item 3(c)(ii); and (b) works replacing works, mentioned in paragraph (a), for which a development permit is held or, under section 1048A of the Act, taken to be held, are self-assessable development under the IntegratedPlanningAct1997 , schedule 8, part 2, table 4, item 1(b)(ii).’. 21 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, hdg and sdiv 1, hdg Part 5, before section 31— insert— ‘Division 4 Authorisations and water allocations ‘Subdivision 1 Surface water’. 22 Amendment of s 31 (Maximum daily rates for taking water) (1) Section 31, heading, ‘water’— omit, insert— ‘ surface water ’. (2) Section 31, ‘water may be taken under an authorisation’— omit, insert— ‘surface water may be taken under an authorisation to take surface water’. 23 Amendment of s 32 (Annual volumes of water that may be taken) (1) Section 32, heading, ‘water’— omit, insert— ‘ surface water ’.

s 24 16 s 25 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 (2) Section 32(1), from ‘The’ to ‘is—’— omit, insert— ‘The annual volume of surface water that may be taken under an authorisation to take surface water is—’. 24 Amendment of s 34 (Converting authorisations) (1) Section 34, heading— omit, insert— ‘34 Authorisation to take surface water converted to water allocation’. (2) Section 34(1), ‘authorisation’— omit, insert— ‘ authorisation to take surface water’. 25 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 2 Part 5, division 4, after section 34— insert— ‘Subdivision 2 Groundwater ‘34A Maximum rates for taking groundwater ‘An authorisation to take groundwater from the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area may state a maximum rate at which groundwater may be taken under the authorisation. ‘34B Authorisation to take groundwater converted to water allocation ‘(1) This section applies to a water allocation converted, under the resource operations plan, from an authorisation to take groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area.

s 25 17 s 25 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘(2) The maximum annual volume of groundwater that may be taken under the water allocation is the maximum volume of water that may be taken under the authorisation in a water year. ‘(3) The conditions under which water may be taken under a water allocation to take groundwater are decided by the chief executive having regard to the environmental flow objectives and the water allocation security objectives under part 4. ‘(4) An authorisation to take groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area will not be converted to a water allocation to take groundwater if the groundwater is to be taken for— (a) stock or domestic purposes; or (b) dewatering purposes. ‘34C Granting water allocation to take groundwater in the extension area ‘(1) If an owner of land in the extension area is authorised under section 30C to take groundwater using existing works, the chief executive must, under a process in the resource operations plan, grant a water allocation to replace the authority. ‘(2) The conditions under which water may be taken under the water allocation are decided by the chief executive having regard to— (a) the outcomes under part 3; and (b) the groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives, seawater intrusion objectives, and water allocation security objectives under part 4; and (c) the information given in the notice mentioned in section 30C(2); and (d) the efficiency of the use of the water given in the information mentioned in paragraph (c). ‘(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters to which the chief executive may have regard.’.

s 26 18 s 28 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 26 Insertion of new pt 5, div 5, hdg Part 5, before section 35— insert— ‘Division 5 Miscellaneous’. 27 Amendment of s 37 (Unallocated water in plan area) (1) Section 37(1), ‘Unallocated water’— omit, insert— ‘Unallocated surface water’. (2) Section 37— insert— ‘(3) There is no unallocated groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area.’. 28 Insertion of new s 37A After section 37— insert— ‘37A Continued effect of moratorium notice—Act, s 46(3) ‘(1) This section continues, in part, the effect of the moratorium notice, published on 3 October 2003 and amended on 22 December 2003 and 5 December 2006. ‘(2) Subsection (3) applies to an application under the Act or the repealed Act if granting the application would have either or both of the following effects on water in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area— (a) increase the amount of water taken or interfered with; (b) change the location from which the water may be taken or interfered with. ‘(3) The application will not be accepted or, for applications accepted before the moratorium notice was published, will not be decided until the resource operations plan is amended to

s 29 19 s 30 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 apply to groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area. ‘(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to an application— (a) for a water permit; or (b) for approval to dewater under a water licence to take water for dewaterng purposes that was in existence at the commencement of this section; or (c) to reinstate an expired water licence under section 221 of the Act; or (d) to grant a water licence if the licence is to replace an expired water licence that was in existence on 3 October 2003; or (e) for a seasonal water assignment; or (f) to amalgamate 2 or more water licences under section 224 of the Act; or (g) to subdivide a water licence under section 225 of the Act.’. 29 Insertion of new pt 5, div 6, hdg Part 5, before section 38— insert— ‘Division 6 Implementing this plan’. 30 Insertion of new s 39A Part 5, division 6, after section 39— insert— ‘39A Amending resource operations plan ‘(1) Within 1 year after the commencement of this section, it is proposed to amend the resource operations plan to implement provisions in this plan relating to groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area.

s 31 20 s 33 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘(2) The amendment of the resource operations plan will include additional strategies for the following— (a) protecting groundwater-dependent ecosystems; (b) preventing further seawater intrusion; (c) preventing negative impacts on baseflow to watercourses; (d) protecting the probability of being able to obtain groundwater under a water entitlement.’. 31 Insertion of new pt 6, div 1, hdg Part 6, before section 40— insert— ‘Division 1 Surface water’. 32 Amendment of s 40 (Monitoring) (1) Section 40, heading— omit, insert— ‘40 Monitoring for surface water’. (2) Section 40(1), ‘requirements for the plan’— omit, insert— ‘requirements for surface water for this plan’. 33 Insertion of new pt 6, div 2 Part 6, after section 42— insert— ‘Division 2 Groundwater ‘42A Monitoring for groundwater in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ‘(1) The monitoring requirements for groundwater for the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area are—

s 34 21 s 34 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 (a) groundwater monitoring for— (i) groundwater levels; and (ii) electrical conductivity; and (iii) water quality; and (iv) interaction with surface water; and (b) groundwater-dependent ecosystems monitoring for— (i) baseflow to watercourses; and (ii) the health and distribution of riparian vegetation, terrestrial vegetation and wetland species and communities dependent on groundwater; and (iii) the health and distribution of ecosystems dependent on submarine groundwater discharge, including, for example, seagrass communities; and (c) monitoring use of groundwater by metering water allocations. ‘(2) The monitoring requirements are to be achieved by— (a) monitoring programs stated in the resource operations plan; and (b) monitoring programs administered by the chief executive and relevant State agencies; and (c) other monitoring programs considered by the chief executive to be relevant to the matters mentioned in subsection (1).’. 34 Amendment of s 44 (Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57) (1) Section 44— insert— ‘(da) an amendment of the boundaries of a groundwater sub-area in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area;’. (2) Section 44(da) and (e)— renumber as section 44(e) and (f).

s 35 22 s 35 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 35 Amendment of sch 4 (Nodes) (1) Schedule 4, heading— omit, insert— ‘Schedule 4 Nodes section 18 ‘Part 1 Nodes for surface water’. (2) Schedule 4— insert— ‘Part 2 Nodes for groundwater ‘Terrestrial vegetation Node Location 20 Tantitha-Whymere (site 1) 21 Tantitha-Whymere (site 2) 22 Pasturage Reserve (site 1) 23 Pasturage Reserve (site 2) 24 Moore Park (site 1) 25 Moore Park (site 2) 26 North Gregory-Isis Highway (site 1) 27 North Gregory-Isis Highway (site 2) 28 Meadowvale (site 1) 29 Meadowvale (site 2) 30 Foley (site 1) 31 Foley (site 2)

s 36 23 s 36 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 Riparian vegetation Node Location 32 Gregory River (site 1) 33 Gregory River (site 2) 34 Elliott River (site 1) 35 Elliott River (site 2) Wetlands Node 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Location Tantitha-Whymere (site 1) Tantitha-Whymere (site 2) Moore Park (site 1) Moore Park (site 2) Pasturage Reserve (site 2) Elliott Heads (site 1) Elliott Heads (site 2)’. 36 Insertion of new schs 4A–4C After schedule 4— insert—

s 36 24 s 36 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘Schedule 4A Coastal Burnett groundwater management area KOLAN section 18A LEGEND ! 38 MOORE 24 ! 39 PARK 25 NORTH COAST RIVER RAILWAY ! 29 ! 28 36 ! 20 ! 37 ! 21 Node Coastal Burnett Groundwater Management Area BURNETT HEADS ´ 22 ! ! 4203 BARGARA PACIFIC ROAD RIVER BUNDABERG GIN GIN BUNDABERG BURNETT ELLIOTT ! 34 RI ! V 3 E 5 R OCEAN ELLIOTT HEADS 41 ! ! 42 ISIS HIGHWAY NORTH COAST RAILWAY RD. 27 ! ! 26 32 ! ! 31 ! 30 ! 33 0 5 10 G G O R O E D G W O O R O Y D RIVER 20 Kilometres WOODGATE BEACH MONTO ! BUNDABERG ! COASTAL BURNETT GROUNDWATER ! MANAGEMENT AREA CHILDERS MUNDUBBERA ! GAYNDAH ! PLAN AREA ( BURNETT BASIN ) KINGAROY ! QUEENSLAND PLAN AREA ( BURNETT BASIN ) BUNDABERG ! ! BRISBANE

s 36 25 s 36 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘Schedule 4B Groundwater sub-areas for upper groundwater unit section 18B(2) MOORE PARK LEGEND Coastal Burnett Groundwater Management Area Groundwater Sub-area Boundaries NORTH COAST RIVER RAILWAY Kolan - Burnett BURNETT HEADS ´ BARGARA PACIFIC ROAD GIN GIN RIVER B B U u N r D n AB e E t R t G - E l l i o t t BUNDABER B G URNETT ELLIOTT RIVER OCEAN ELLIOTT HEADS KOLAN ISIS HIGHWAY NORTH COAST Elliott - Gregory G G R O E O G D O W R O Y OD RAILWAY Farnsfield 0 5 10 RD. RIVER 20 Kilometres WOODGATE BEACH MONTO ! BUNDABERG ! COASTAL BURNETT GROUNDWATER ! MANAGEMENT AREA CHILDERS MUNDUBBERA ! GAYNDAH ! PLAN AREA ( BURNETT BASIN ) KINGAROY ! QUEENSLAND PLAN AREA ( BURNETT BASIN ) BUNDABERG ! ! BRISBANE

s 36 26 s 36 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘Schedule 4C Groundwater sub-area for lower groundwater unit section 18B(3) RIVER MOORE PARK LEGEND Coastal Burnett Groundwater Management Area Groundwater Sub-area NORTH COAST Fairymead RAILWAY BURNETT HEADS ´ BARGARA PACIFIC ROAD RIVER BUNDABERG GIN GIN BUNDABERG BURNETT ELLIOTT RIVER OCEAN ELLIOTT HEADS KOLAN ISIS HIGHWAY NORTH COAST GOO G D R W E O G O O D RY RAILWAY 0 5 10 MONTO ! BUNDABERG ! COASTAL BURNETT GROUNDWATER ! MANAGEMENT AREA CHILDERS MUNDUBBERA ! GAYNDAH ! PLAN AREA ( BURNETT BASIN ) KINGAROY ! RD. RIVER 20 Kilometres WOODGATE BEACH QUEENSLAND PLAN AREA ( BURNETT BASIN ) BUNDABERG ! ! BRISBANE

s 37 27 s 37 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 37 Amendment of sch 5 (Environmental flow objectives) Schedule 5— insert— ‘Part 3 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives ‘1 The simulated average coastal submarine groundwater discharge for a groundwater sub-area mentioned in table 7, column 2, is at least the volume stated in column 3 of the table for the groundwater sub-area. ‘Table 7 Column 1 Groundwater unit Upper Upper Upper Lower Column 2 Groundwater sub-area Kolan-Burnett Burnett-Elliott Elliott-Gregory Fairymead Column 3 Volume (ML) 8600 1800 4200 3800 ‘2 At each node mentioned in table 8, column 1— (a) minimise the extent to which the simulated average depth to the watertable is more than the distance stated for the node in column 2 of the table; and (b) the simulated average depth to the watertable is not more than the distance stated for the node in column 3 of the table; and (c) minimise the extent to which the simulated depth to the watertable is more than the distance stated for the node in column 3 of the table in the simulation period; and (d) any period, expressed as a percentage of the simulation period for groundwater, for which the simulated depth to the watertable is more than the distance stated for the

s 37 28 s 37 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 node in column 3 of the table is not more than the percentage stated in column 4 of the table for the node. ‘Table 8 Column 1 Groundwater node 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Column 2 distance (m) 2.94 9.10 8.19 3.69 2.49 4.50 13.60 2.89 2.39 1.89 15.89 10.24 5.01 3.39 0.96 2.13 2.00 6.37 2.00 2.00 2.00 Column 3 Maximum distance (m) 3.69 10.85 9.94 4.44 3.24 5.75 15.35 3.64 4.14 3.64 17.64 11.99 6.26 4.14 1.71 2.88 2.50 6.87 2.50 2.50 2.50 Column 4 Percentage of simulation period 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.33 0.50 2.50 0 0 7.08 8.33 8.42 0 8.58 0 0 0 0

s 38 29 s 38 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 Column 1 41 42 Column 2 6.49 2.00 Column 3 6.99 2.50 Column 4 2.83 0’. 38 Amendment of sch 6 (Water allocation security objectives) (1) Schedule 6, before part 1 heading— insert — ‘section 23’. (2) Schedule 6, part 1, ‘section 23’— omit . (3) Schedule 6— insert— ‘Part 3 Groundwater in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area ‘For water allocations for taking groundwater in a groundwater sub-area mentioned in table 4, column 1— (a) the simulated nominal volume is not more than the volume stated in column 2 of the table for the groundwater sub-area; and (b) the simulated nominal volume probability is at least the percentage stated in column 3 of the table for the groundwater sub-area.

s 39 30 s 40 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 ‘Table 4 Column 1 Groundwater sub-area Kolan-Burnett Burnett-Elliott Elliott-Gregory Farnsfield Fairymead Column 2 Simulated nominal volume 20125 25139 4555 1644 13362 Column 3 Simulated nominal volume probability—% 55 52 56 54 61’. 39 Amendment of sch 8 (Volumes for simulated mean annual diversions) Schedule 8, entry for subcatchment K, column 3, ‘3640’— omit, insert— ‘5260’. 40 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 9, definition simulation period — omit. (2) Schedule 9— insert— ‘ affected by seawater intrusion means the arithmetic mean of electrical conductivity at particular depths in an aquifer is more than 2500µS/cm. Coastal Burnett groundwater management area see section 18A. Coastal Burnett groundwater project numerical groundwater flow model means the department’s computer model developed using the code MODFLOW that simulates movement of water below the surface of the land.

s 40 31 s 40 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 dewatering purposes means— (a) draining, either permanently or temporarily, overland flow water from land; or (b) removing groundwater from soils or sediments that are waterlogged. extension area — 1 The extension area is the part of the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area that, at the commencement of this definition, is not in the Bundaberg subartesian area. 2 For item 1, the Bundaberg subartesian area is the Bundaberg subartesian area on plan AP10062, declared to be a subartesian area under the WaterRegulation2002, section 102. groundwater means underground water. groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives see section 20A. groundwater-dependent ecosystems means ecosystems affected by the permanent or temporary presence of groundwater. groundwater sub-area means a groundwater sub-area under section 18B(2) or (3). groundwater unit see section 18B(1). instructional seawater intrusion model means the department’s computer model developed using the code MODHMS that simulates movement of water and transfer of dissolved salts below the surface of the land. lower groundwater unit means the lower groundwater unit under section 18B(1)(b). plan area means the area shown as the plan area on the map in schedule 1. resource operations plan means the resource operations plan to implement this plan.

s 40 32 s 40 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 seawater intrusion means movement of sea water inland into aquifers that contain freshwater. seawater intrusion objective see section 20C. simulated average area affected by seawater intrusion means the area affected by seawater intrusion simulated by the instructional seawater intrusion model for the simulation period for groundwater divided by the number of months in the simulation period. simulated average coastal submarine groundwater discharge means the total simulated groundwater discharge to the coast in the simulation period for groundwater divided by the number of months in the simulation period. simulated average depth to the watertable means the sum of the simulated vertical distances from the surface of the land to the watertable in the simulation period for groundwater divided by the number of months in the simulation period. simulated depth to the watertable means the simulated vertical distance from the surface of the land to the watertable. simulated nominal volume , for water allocations to take groundwater in a groundwater sub-area, means the total volume of water taken under the water allocations in the groundwater sub-area in the simulation period for groundwater, calculated monthly, divided by the number of years in the simulation period. simulated nominal volume probability , for water allocations to take groundwater in a groundwater sub-area, means the percentage of the number of years in the simulation period for groundwater, calculated for the water allocations in the groundwater sub-area, in which the nominal volumes for the water allocations are simulated to be fully supplied. simulation period means the period— (a) for surface water—from 1 July 1890 to 30 June 1997; or (b) for groundwater—from 1 January 1905 to 31 December 2004.

s 40 33 s 40 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan No. 298, 2007 (No. 1) 2007 submarine groundwater discharge means the flow of water on continental margins from the sea bed to the ocean at the coast. submarine groundwater discharge system means a coastal ocean ecosystem, including, for example, estuarine systems and seagrass communities, that depends on submarine groundwater discharge from terrestrial freshwater. surface water see section 5(1). upper groundwater unit means the upper groundwater unit under section 18B(1)(a). works replacing works means works that, in relation to the works being replaced, are a replacement bore within the meaning of the Code for Self-assessable Development of Replacement Bores. Editor’s note — A copy of the code is available on the department’s website.’. (3) Schedule 9, definition supplemented water , ‘water supplied’— omit, insert— ‘surface water supplied’. (4) Schedule 9, definition unsupplemented water , ‘water that’— omit, insert— ‘surface water that’. ENDNOTES 1 Approved by the Governor in Council on 29 November 2007. 2 Notified in the gazette on 30 November 2007. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Water. © State of Queensland 2007