Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014
sch.9-sec.7Environmental management rules
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sch.9-sec.7 Environmental management rules
For each day from 1 July to 31 August, the ROL holder must release water from Silverleaf Weir to maintain a daily flow at Stonelands gauging station of 5ML or more if— the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 10ML or more; and the daily flow at Ban Ban gauging station is 0ML; and the announced allocation percentage for the Barker Barambah MP water allocations is greater than 5%. For each day from 1 September to 31 December, the ROL holder must release water from Silverleaf Weir to maintain a daily flow at Stonelands gauging station of— if the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 10ML or more but less than 15ML—5ML; or if the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 15ML or more—the lesser of two-thirds of the combined daily flow at the gauging stations and 50ML. However, subsection (2) does not apply if— the daily flow at Ban Ban gauging station is 50ML or more; or the announced allocation percentage for the Barker Barambah MP water allocations is 5% or less. (sch.9-sec.7-ssec.1) For each day from 1 July to 31 August, the ROL holder must release water from Silverleaf Weir to maintain a daily flow at Stonelands gauging station of 5ML or more if— the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 10ML or more; and the daily flow at Ban Ban gauging station is 0ML; and the announced allocation percentage for the Barker Barambah MP water allocations is greater than 5%. (sch.9-sec.7-ssec.2) For each day from 1 September to 31 December, the ROL holder must release water from Silverleaf Weir to maintain a daily flow at Stonelands gauging station of— if the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 10ML or more but less than 15ML—5ML; or if the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 15ML or more—the lesser of two-thirds of the combined daily flow at the gauging stations and 50ML. (sch.9-sec.7-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if— the daily flow at Ban Ban gauging station is 50ML or more; or the announced allocation percentage for the Barker Barambah MP water allocations is 5% or less.
- (a) the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 10ML or more; and
- (b) the daily flow at Ban Ban gauging station is 0ML; and
- (c) the announced allocation percentage for the Barker Barambah MP water allocations is greater than 5%.
- (a) if the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 10ML or more but less than 15ML—5ML; or
- (b) if the combined daily flow at West Barambah gauging station and Glenmore gauging station is 15ML or more—the lesser of two-thirds of the combined daily flow at the gauging stations and 50ML.