Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources Amendment Order 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers

Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources

Amendment Order 2014

under the

Water Management Act 2000

I, Kevin Humphries, the Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water, in
pursuance of section 45 (1) (a) of the Water Management Act 2000, being satisfied
that it is in the public interest to do so, make the following Order to amend the Water
Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources

2012.

Dated this 17th day of September 2014.

KEVIN HUMPHRIES, MP

Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water

Explanatory note

This Order is made under section 45 (1) (a) of the Water Management Act 2000. The object of this Order is to amend the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012. The concurrence of the Minister for the Environment was obtained prior to the making of this Order.

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Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated and

Alluvial Water Sources Amendment Order 2014

under the

Water Management Act 2000

1       Name of Order

This Order is the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources Amendment Order 2014.

2       Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

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Schedule 1 Amendment of the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers

Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012

[1]      Schedule 2

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 2 Access rules for in-river pools or off-river pools

1 General

This clause applies to each access licence which replaces a Water Act 1912 entitlement listed in the table below.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Water Act 1912 Access rules Water Source

entitlements that will be

replaced on

commencement of this

Plan

90SL022126 Water must not be taken Croppa Creek and Whalan

when the water level of the Creek Water Source

pool in the Boobera

Watercourse is less than 0.08

metres on a gauge

established on the left bank of the watercourse on TS & CR 29416, Parish of Boobera,

County of Stapleton.

90SL049222	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within Lot 2 of DP 566722 or within Lot 55 of DP 726327 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2
metres below the full capacity

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from 1 September to 28/29

February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge

90SL051340	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within Lots 19 and 20 of DP 751508 or Lot 105 of DP 39479 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below the full capacity from 1 September to 28/29 February. Where a staff
gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.
90SL051327	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within Lot 32 of DP 751509 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below the full capacity

from 1 September to 28/29

February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

90SL028243	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within

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Lot 1 of DP 540165 or Lot 38 of DP 751529 when the water

level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below the full capacity

from 1 September to 28/29

February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at that in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

90SL038791	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within

Lot 70 of DP 705186, Lots

6,7,8,10 of DP 751508 or Lots 17 and 44 of DP 751509 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below the full capacity from 1 September to 28/29 February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

90SL00091	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within Lot 2 of DP 235160 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March
to 31 August or more than 0.2

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metres below the full capacity

from 1 September to 28/29

February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

90SL018831	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within Lot 2 of DP 235160 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below the full capacity

from 1 September to 28/29

February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

90SL027176	Water must not be taken from	Mole River Water Source
an in-river pool located within Lots 7 and 15 of DP 751529 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below

the full capacity from 1

September to 28/29 February.

Where a staff gauge is

installed at the in-river pool,

full capacity will be designated

on the staff gauge.

90SL014174 Water must not be taken from Beardy River Water Source

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an in-river pool located within Lots 8 and 9 of DP 753275 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.5 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.35 metres below the full capacity volume from 1 September to 28/29 February.

Where a staff gauge is

installed at the in-river pool,

full capacity will be designated

on the staff gauge.

90SL100943	Water must not be taken from	Beardy River Water Source
an in-river pool located within

Lots 8, 9 and 10 of DP

753275 when the water level of that in-river pool is more

than 0.5 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.35

metres below the full capacity volume from 1 September to 28/29 February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

90SL101038	Water must not be taken from	Beardy River Water Source
an in-river pool located within

Lots 8, 9 and 10 of DP

753275 when the water level of that in-river pool is more

than 0.5 metres below the full

capacity from 1 March to 31

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August or more than 0.35

metres below the full capacity volume from 1 September to 28/29 February. Where a staff

gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.

Note. The area listed in Column 2 of Schedule 2 to which the access rule applies may be larger than the area identified in the water supply work approval for that water supply work. If this is the case, the construction of a new water supply work within the area listed in Column 2 of Schedule 2 will require a new or amended water supply work approval if it is outside the area identified in the water supply work approval

2        Access licences

This clause applies to each access licence listed in the table below.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Access licence	Access rules	Water Source
90AL827397	Water must not be taken from	Mole River
an in-river pool located within Lot 26 of DP751529 and Lots 1 and 2 of DP585506 when the water level of that in-river pool is more than 0.3 metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below the full capacity from 1 September to 28/29 February. Where a staff
gauge is installed at the in- river pool, full capacity will be designated on the staff gauge.
90AL827432	Water must not be taken from	Mole River
an in-river pool located within Lots 1 and 2 of DP585 506
when the water level of that in-

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river pool is more than 0.3

metres below the full capacity from 1 March to 31 August or more than 0.2 metres below

the full capacity from 1

September to 28/29 February.

Where a staff gauge is

installed at the in-river pool,

full capacity will be designated

on the staff gauge.

Note. The area listed in Column 2 of Schedule 2 to which the access rule applies may be larger than the area identified in the water supply work approval for that water supply work. If this is the case, the construction of a new water supply work within the area listed in Column 2 of Schedule 2 will require a new or amended water supply work approval if it is outside the area identified in the water supply work approval

[2]      Schedule 3

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 3 Access rules for unregulated river (special additional high flow) access licences subject to clause 44 (6)

This clause applies to each access licence which replaces a Water Act 1912 entitlement listed in the table below.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Water Act 1912 Access rules Water Source

entitlements that will be

replaced on

commencement of this

Plan

90SL037621H	The authorised work shall not	Glen Innes Water Source
be used for the purpose of irrigating the authorised area or any part thereof unless the discharge of the Severn River at the Flabury gauge exceeds 97 megalitres per day (such
discharge corresponding to a

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reading on the said gauge of

0.58 metres or such other

reading as may be determined

from time to time).

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