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WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2016

- Made under the Water Management Act 2000
- As at 6 July 2018
- Reg 367 of 2016

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
   Note

   1.      Name of Plan
   2.      Nature and status of Plan
   3.      Commencement
   4.      Application of Plan
   5.      Understanding the rules in this Plan
   6.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - VISION, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
   Note

   7.      Vision statement
   8.      Acknowledgement
   9.      Environmental objectives, strategies and performance indicators
   10.     Economic objectives, strategies and performance indicators
   11.     Social and cultural objectives, strategies and performance indicators

   PART 3 - BULK ACCESS REGIME

   12.     Bulk access regime
   13.     Climatic variability

   PART 4 - PLANNED ENVIRONMENTAL WATER PROVISIONS
   Note

   14.     General
   15.     Commitment and identification of planned environmental water
   16.     Establishment and maintenance of planned environmental water

   PART 5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER

           Division 1 - General

   17.     Application

           Division 2 - Requirements for water for basic landholder rights

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

           Division 3 - Requirements for water for extraction under access licences
           Note

   21.     Share components of domestic and stock access licences
   22.     Share components of local water utility access licences
   23.     Share components of regulated river (high security) access licences
   24.     Share components of regulated river (general security) access licences
   25.     Share components of regulated river (conveyance) access licences
   26.     Share components of Murrumbidgee Irrigation (conveyance) access licences
   27.     Share components of Coleambally Irrigation (conveyance) access licences
   28.     Share components of supplementary water access licences
   29.     Share components of supplementary water (Lowbidgee) access licences

   PART 6 - SYSTEM OPERATION RULES
   Note

           Division 1 - Environmental flow rules for this water source

   30.     Minimum daily flow rules
   31.     Environmental flow rules for Blowering Dam
   32.     Environmental flow rules for Burrinjuck Dam

           Division 2 - Environmental water allowances rules
           Note

   33.     General
   34.     Crediting rules for EWA1
   35.     Crediting rules for EWA2
   36.     Crediting rules for EWA3
   37.     Release rules for EWA1, EWA2 and EWA3
   38.     Carryover rules for EWA1
   39.     Carryover rules for EWA2
   40.     Transfer rules for EWA3
   41.     Provisional storage volume

           Division 3 - General system operation rules

   42.      Maintenance of water supply
   43.     Water delivery and channel capacity constraints
   44.     Priority of extractions for access licences
   45.     Numerical specification of extraction components
   46.     Rates of change to storage releases
   47.     Dam operations during floods and spills
   48.     Airspace operation rules

   PART 7 - LIMITS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER
   Note

           Division 1 - Long-term average annual extraction limit

   49.     General
   50.     Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limit for Murrumbidgee extractions
   51.     Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limit for Lowbidgee extractions
   52.     Calculation of the long-term average annual extraction limit and current average annual extractions for Murrumbidgee extractions
   53.     Calculation of the long-term average annual extraction limit and current average annual extractions for Lowbidgee extractions
   54.     Assessment of average annual extractions against the long-term average annual extraction limit for Murrumbidgee extractions
   55.     Assessment of average annual extractions against the long-term average annual extraction limit for Lowbidgee extractions
   56.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limit for Murrumbidgee extractions
   57.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limit for Lowbidgee extractions

           Division 2 - Available water determinations

   58.     General
   59.     Available water determinations for domestic and stock access licences
   60.     Available water determinations for local water utility access licences
   61.     Available water determinations for regulated river (high security) access licences
   62.     Available water determinations for regulated river (general security) access licences and regulated river (conveyance) access licences
   63.     Available water determinations for Murrumbidgee Irrigation (conveyance) access licences
   64.     Available water determinations for Coleambally Irrigation (conveyance) access licences
   65.     Available water determinations for supplementary water access licences
   66.     Available water determinations for supplementary water (Lowbidgee) access licences

   PART 8 - RULES FOR GRANTING ACCESS LICENCES
   Note

   67.     Specific purpose access licences

   PART 9 - RULES FOR MANAGING ACCESS LICENCES
   Note

           Division 1 - Water allocation account management rules
           Note

   68.     Individual access licence account management rules

           Division 2 - Access to supplementary water and taking water without debit rules

   69.      Taking of water under supplementary water access licences and supplementary water (Lowbidgee) access licences
   70.     Distribution rules for the Lowbidgee area
   71.     Taking of water without debit under regulated river (general security) access licences

   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.     Assignment of water allocation dealings
   77.     Interstate access licence transfer and assignment of water allocation
   78.     Nomination of water supply works dealings

   PART 11 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
   Note

           Division 1 - General

   79.     General

           Division 2 - Access licences
           Note

   80.     General

           Division 3 - Water supply work approvals

   81.     General

   PART 12 - AMENDMENT OF THIS PLAN

   82.     General
   83.     Part 1
   84.     Part 6
   85.     Part 7
   86.     Part 9
   87.     Part 11
   88.     Dictionary
   89.     Other
           Dictionary
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           APPENDIX 1
           APPENDIX 2
           APPENDIX 3
           APPENDIX 4


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