sec.28Matters to be considered for water sharing rules

sec.28 Matters to be considered for water sharing rules

In deciding the water sharing rules to be included in the resource operations plan, for authorisations to take water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive is to consider— for rules relating to supplemented surface water, the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the extent to which any existing water supply arrangements are linked to the natural occurrence of streamflows; the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area; the impact of the rules on unsupplemented water allocations, particularly as assessed under— the 30% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 50% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 70% unsupplemented water sharing index; and for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water, the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes or bedsands; the conditions for taking water; the volumetric limits for the water entitlements; the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area; the impact of the rules on unsupplemented water allocations, particularly as assessed under— the 30% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 50% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 70% unsupplemented water sharing index; and for rules relating to groundwater in the Upper Callide, Lower Callide and Prospect Creek groundwater sub-areas and the Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme— the matters mentioned in paragraph (e) ; and the range of historical water levels in the groundwater sub-areas and Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme from 1970 to 2010; and for rules relating to groundwater in Isaac Connors Groundwater Unit 1— the matters mentioned in paragraph (e) ; and the range of historical water levels and extraction in the Braeside Borefield; and for rules relating to other groundwater, the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the local availability of water that may be taken from aquifers; the connectivity of surface water and groundwater; the impact of the taking of groundwater on authorisations in the groundwater management areas; the operating arrangements and supply requirements for any water infrastructure; the volumetric limits for water entitlements. Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. In this section— Braeside Borefield means a bore field of production bores near Nebo that takes groundwater from the Denison Creek alluvium in the Isaac Connors Alluvium groundwater sub-area. existing water sharing arrangements means water sharing rules specified in the following on the day this plan is notified— the resource operations plan; the Water Regulation 2002 ; the Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme interim resource operations licence (IROL); the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s policy no. WAM/2005/2209 for the Callide Valley groundwater management area. s 28 amd 2021 SL No. 71 s 49 (3) (sec.28-ssec.1) In deciding the water sharing rules to be included in the resource operations plan, for authorisations to take water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive is to consider— for rules relating to supplemented surface water, the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the extent to which any existing water supply arrangements are linked to the natural occurrence of streamflows; the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area; the impact of the rules on unsupplemented water allocations, particularly as assessed under— the 30% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 50% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 70% unsupplemented water sharing index; and for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water, the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes or bedsands; the conditions for taking water; the volumetric limits for the water entitlements; the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area; the impact of the rules on unsupplemented water allocations, particularly as assessed under— the 30% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 50% unsupplemented water sharing index; and the 70% unsupplemented water sharing index; and for rules relating to groundwater in the Upper Callide, Lower Callide and Prospect Creek groundwater sub-areas and the Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme— the matters mentioned in paragraph (e) ; and the range of historical water levels in the groundwater sub-areas and Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme from 1970 to 2010; and for rules relating to groundwater in Isaac Connors Groundwater Unit 1— the matters mentioned in paragraph (e) ; and the range of historical water levels and extraction in the Braeside Borefield; and for rules relating to other groundwater, the following— any existing water sharing arrangements; the local availability of water that may be taken from aquifers; the connectivity of surface water and groundwater; the impact of the taking of groundwater on authorisations in the groundwater management areas; the operating arrangements and supply requirements for any water infrastructure; the volumetric limits for water entitlements. (sec.28-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. (sec.28-ssec.3) In this section— Braeside Borefield means a bore field of production bores near Nebo that takes groundwater from the Denison Creek alluvium in the Isaac Connors Alluvium groundwater sub-area. existing water sharing arrangements means water sharing rules specified in the following on the day this plan is notified— the resource operations plan; the Water Regulation 2002 ; the Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme interim resource operations licence (IROL); the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s policy no. WAM/2005/2209 for the Callide Valley groundwater management area.