Water Resource (Whitsunday) Plan 2010
sec.77Purpose to be stated on water licence to take groundwater
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sec.77 Purpose to be stated on water licence to take groundwater
The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take groundwater in the plan area must be— if the intended use of the water is for, or the licence is an existing water licence and the purpose stated on the licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, agricultural dewatering or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or otherwise—‘any’. In this section— agricultural dewatering means taking groundwater to alleviate or prevent the waterlogging of agricultural soils. (sec.77-ssec.1) The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take groundwater in the plan area must be— if the intended use of the water is for, or the licence is an existing water licence and the purpose stated on the licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, agricultural dewatering or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or otherwise—‘any’. (sec.77-ssec.2) In this section— agricultural dewatering means taking groundwater to alleviate or prevent the waterlogging of agricultural soils.
- (a) if the intended use of the water is for, or the licence is an existing water licence and the purpose stated on the licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, agricultural dewatering or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or
- (b) otherwise—‘any’.