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Water Act 2000
sec.421What is a make good measure for a water bore
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### sec.421 What is a make good measure for a water bore
A make good measure for a water bore is any of the following measures—
ensuring the bore owner has access to a reasonable quantity and quality of water for the bore’s authorised use or purpose;
bore enhancement by deepening the bore or improving its pumping capacity
constructing a new bore
providing a supply of an equivalent amount of water of a suitable quality by piping it from an alternative source
carrying out a plan to monitor the bore, including, for example, by undertaking periodic bore assessments;
giving the bore owner monetary or non-monetary compensation for the bore’s impaired capacity.
s 421 prev s 421 om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 421 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
- (a) ensuring the bore owner has access to a reasonable quantity and quality of water for the bore’s authorised use or purpose; Examples— • bore enhancement by deepening the bore or improving its pumping capacity • constructing a new bore • providing a supply of an equivalent amount of water of a suitable quality by piping it from an alternative source
- • bore enhancement by deepening the bore or improving its pumping capacity
- • constructing a new bore
- • providing a supply of an equivalent amount of water of a suitable quality by piping it from an alternative source
- (b) carrying out a plan to monitor the bore, including, for example, by undertaking periodic bore assessments;
- (c) giving the bore owner monetary or non-monetary compensation for the bore’s impaired capacity.
- • bore enhancement by deepening the bore or improving its pumping capacity
- • constructing a new bore
- • providing a supply of an equivalent amount of water of a suitable quality by piping it from an alternative source