sec.49EMatters to be considered for environmental management rules

sec.49E Matters to be considered for environmental management rules

In deciding the environmental management rules relating to groundwater to be included in the resource operations plan, the chief executive must consider— the distance of a water bore from a watercourse, lake, spring or area of ecological value; and the groundwater flow regime required to maintain the following— habitats needed by aquatic biota in hyporheic zones; relevant groundwater-dependent ecosystems; the connectivity through the flow of water between an aquifer and an adjacent watercourse, lake or spring to replenish instream pools and enable movement of instream aquatic biota; the natural seasonality of low flows and periods of no flow; and the impact the taking or proposed taking of groundwater may have on the following— the ecological values of waterholes, lakes, springs, groundwater-dependent vegetation or hyporheic zones; seawater intrusion or water quality; baseflow. Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. s 49E ins 2009 SL No. 212 s 45 (sec.49E-ssec.1) In deciding the environmental management rules relating to groundwater to be included in the resource operations plan, the chief executive must consider— the distance of a water bore from a watercourse, lake, spring or area of ecological value; and the groundwater flow regime required to maintain the following— habitats needed by aquatic biota in hyporheic zones; relevant groundwater-dependent ecosystems; the connectivity through the flow of water between an aquifer and an adjacent watercourse, lake or spring to replenish instream pools and enable movement of instream aquatic biota; the natural seasonality of low flows and periods of no flow; and the impact the taking or proposed taking of groundwater may have on the following— the ecological values of waterholes, lakes, springs, groundwater-dependent vegetation or hyporheic zones; seawater intrusion or water quality; baseflow. (sec.49E-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

• (a) the distance of a water bore from a watercourse, lake, spring or area of ecological value; and
• (b) the groundwater flow regime required to maintain the following— (i) habitats needed by aquatic biota in hyporheic zones; (ii) relevant groundwater-dependent ecosystems; (iii) the connectivity through the flow of water between an aquifer and an adjacent watercourse, lake or spring to replenish instream pools and enable movement of instream aquatic biota; (iv) the natural seasonality of low flows and periods of no flow; and
• (i) habitats needed by aquatic biota in hyporheic zones;
• (ii) relevant groundwater-dependent ecosystems;
• (iii) the connectivity through the flow of water between an aquifer and an adjacent watercourse, lake or spring to replenish instream pools and enable movement of instream aquatic biota;