sec.19Process for dealing with unallocated water

sec.19 Process for dealing with unallocated water

The resource operations plan includes the process for dealing with unallocated water in the plan area. In preparing and implementing the process, the chief executive is to consider the following— the purpose for which the water is required; the efficiency of existing and proposed water use practices; the extent to which water is being taken under existing authorisations in the plan area; the availability of an alternative water supply for the purpose for which the water is required; the impact the proposed taking of, or interfering with, the water may have on the following— the ecological values of the catchment; water quality; access to water under existing entitlements; stock or domestic supplies; the drawdown levels in waterholes; the natural movement of sediment; low flows; waterholes and wetlands; connections between waterholes, particularly at times of low flow; the floodplain downstream of the proposed taking or interfering; inundation of habitats; the movement of fish and other aquatic species; recreation and aesthetic values; cultural values, including, for example, cultural values of local Aboriginal communities; the connection with groundwater; the imposition of flow conditions, on water entitlements to take, or interfere with, water, to protect low flows and other ecologically significant flows; for an application by a local government for town water supply purposes—the necessity of completing a planning study demonstrating the need for water. s 19 amd 2016 SL No. 216 s 146 sch 20 (sec.19-ssec.1) The resource operations plan includes the process for dealing with unallocated water in the plan area. (sec.19-ssec.2) In preparing and implementing the process, the chief executive is to consider the following— the purpose for which the water is required; the efficiency of existing and proposed water use practices; the extent to which water is being taken under existing authorisations in the plan area; the availability of an alternative water supply for the purpose for which the water is required; the impact the proposed taking of, or interfering with, the water may have on the following— the ecological values of the catchment; water quality; access to water under existing entitlements; stock or domestic supplies; the drawdown levels in waterholes; the natural movement of sediment; low flows; waterholes and wetlands; connections between waterholes, particularly at times of low flow; the floodplain downstream of the proposed taking or interfering; inundation of habitats; the movement of fish and other aquatic species; recreation and aesthetic values; cultural values, including, for example, cultural values of local Aboriginal communities; the connection with groundwater; the imposition of flow conditions, on water entitlements to take, or interfere with, water, to protect low flows and other ecologically significant flows; for an application by a local government for town water supply purposes—the necessity of completing a planning study demonstrating the need for water.