Water Plan (Fitzroy Basin) 2011
sec.118Elements of water licences
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sec.118 Elements of water licences
A water licence to take groundwater is to state the following— 1 of the following purposes for which the water may be taken under the licence— agriculture; any; the nominal entitlement for the licence; the conditions, if any, for the licence. However, subsection (1) does not apply to a licence granted under section 114 of the Act for the purpose of mine dewatering. In this section— mine dewatering means the removal of groundwater that is necessary to ensure a safe and efficient mine working environment for an authorised activity for a mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 . the removal of groundwater that has accumulated in mine workings the extraction of groundwater from bores surrounding the mine workings to lower the water table or hydraulic pressure s 118 amd 2021 SL No. 71 ss 36 , 49 (7) (sec.118-ssec.1) A water licence to take groundwater is to state the following— 1 of the following purposes for which the water may be taken under the licence— agriculture; any; the nominal entitlement for the licence; the conditions, if any, for the licence. (sec.118-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a licence granted under section 114 of the Act for the purpose of mine dewatering. (sec.118-ssec.3) In this section— mine dewatering means the removal of groundwater that is necessary to ensure a safe and efficient mine working environment for an authorised activity for a mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 . the removal of groundwater that has accumulated in mine workings the extraction of groundwater from bores surrounding the mine workings to lower the water table or hydraulic pressure
- (a) 1 of the following purposes for which the water may be taken under the licence— (i) agriculture; (ii) any;
- (i) agriculture;
- (ii) any;
- (b) the nominal entitlement for the licence;
- (c) the conditions, if any, for the licence.
- (i) agriculture;
- (ii) any;
- • the removal of groundwater that has accumulated in mine workings
- • the extraction of groundwater from bores surrounding the mine workings to lower the water table or hydraulic pressure