Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

Water Act 2000 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

Reprinted as in force on 18 December 2009

Reprint No. 2A

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Contents Water Resource (BurnettBasin)Plan2000 6 ae rjc ra ...... 12 ...... Water . . . . . project areas 11 11 . . . withobjectives consistency Assessing for groundwater. . . . . consistency withobjectives Assessing for surface water Water project areas 16 Subdivision 2 15 Preliminary consistencyobjectives Assessing with 14 10 10 Subdivision 1 Environmental flow and . . . . . 9 groundwater area management CoastalBurnett Division 1 ...... Kolan River basin 9 ...... and Isis. . Elliott,. river . Gregory . .basins. . . . . 9 9 ...... River . . Burnett . . . River .basin and . Burnett . . . Part 4 ...... Boyne River 8 catchment 13A ...... River Barambah catchments Creekand Stuart 8 13 ...... Auburn ...... River . . . . . catchment . . 12 ...... Ecological outcomesfor planarea 7 11 10 ...... General. . . . outcomes . . 9 6 Ecological outcomes 8 6 7 Water . . . . . applies plan . to which . . . for Outcomes ofwater sustainable management General outcomes Division 2 ...... Plan . area ...... 5 6 5 1 Division . . . . . Definitions...... Planarea and watertowhich appliesplan 5 Part 3 ...... of plan Purposes 5 ...... title . . . . Short . . . 4 Part2 Preliminary 3 2 1 Part 1 indicators performance and objectives security allocation water Queensland , subcatchment areas andnodes areas , subcatchment compensation flow compensation objectives, Page

8 oe 13 12 ...... Nodes ...... Subcatchment areas Groundwater unitsand Subdivision 3 18 17 4 efrac niaos 17 17 Strategies for achieving Performance . . . indicators...... Objectives...... 17 Part 5 16 Performance . . . indicators...... 24 Water . . Objectives. . . . securi . allocation ...... 23 16 4 Division 16 Performance indicator . . for . . . . seawater intrusion objective Compensation flow objec 22 Seawater objective. . . intrusion ...... 21 15 Performance for indicators groundwater-dependent ecosystem Division3 . . . . . objectives ecosystem Groundwater-dependent 20D 14 20C 14 Performance . . . indicators...... Objectives...... 20B Groundwater 20A 14 Subdivision 2 13 20 ...... Information about areas 13 Environmental flow Surfacewater ob 19 ...... Groundwater and groundwater units sub-areas Subdivision 1 . . . . . groundwater area management CoastalBurnett Division 2 18C 18B 18A 0 Rsrcino aigo nefrn ihgonwtr...... 22 . . . . with groundwater interfering ontaking or Restriction of Decision amount groundwaternot to increase taken in 21 21 . . ontaking water from the Boyne Restriction River catchment. 30B . . . on taking water from the Auburn Strategies for Restriction River achieving catchment (groundwater) outcomes 30A 20 and Isis on taking water from Gregory the Elliott, Restriction 3 Division ...... ontaking water Restriction from waterholes orlakes 30 18 29 18 Matters chief executive . .must . . . consider ...... water. or allocating managing Strategies for Decisions about achieving water) (surface outcomes 28 27 2 Division for General strategies achieving outcomes 26 25 1 Division indicators 15 ...... objectives Burnett groundwater area management osa unt rudae aaeetae 22 ...... groundwater area management Burnett Coastal 21 ...... basins river plan Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water jectives andperformance indicators jectives ty objectives and performance performance and objectives ty groundwater for Coastal sub-areas 2 outcomes and impl and outcomes tives andperformance indicatorstives ementing the

0 Taking orinterfering withgroundwater, for than other stock or 30C 3 iitrsrpr npa—c,s5 . . Minister’s s on plan—Act, 53 report Minister’s and amending report plan for groundwater Monitoring groundwater Burnett in Coastal 43 Water infrastructure oper Part 7 Groundwater by programs water undertaken Monitoring infrastructure 42A ...... for Monitoring surface water 2 Division 42 requirements reporting and Monitoring Surface water 41 . operations resource plan. Amending 40 31 plan for resourceoperations Preparing Boyne River water Division 1 ...... Implementation schedule 6 Part 39A Continued effect no ofmoratorium 30 . . thisplan Implementing water Unallocated area. inplan 39 29 for Changing rules water . . project areas...... 38 ...... water. Releasing fish ways. through 6 Division 37A 37 28 Miscellaneous Granting water to take allocation groundwater in the extension 36 28 . allocation Authorisation totake groundwater to water converted 35 ...... Maximum rates for taking groundwater 5 Division 27 27 Authorisation totake surface water towaterconverted allocation 34C 26 . Authorisations tostatemaximum rate annual daily and volume 34B 25 . . Annual. . volumes . . . . of surface water thatmay Groundwater betaken 34A ...... Maximum daily rates for taking surface water Subdivision 2 34 33 32 Plann Sustainable with Relationship Authorisations Surfacewater 31 ontaking groundwater for Restriction stock ordomestic Subdivision 1 Division 4 Takinggroundwater for stock ordomestic using purposes 30F 30E 30D aaeetae ...... 36 ...... area management 34 ...... operators 32 ...... area project 29 ...... area 23 23 ...... new . . . . works using purposes ...... works existing 23 . . existing using works in extension purposes, area. domestic Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water and water allocations andwater tr ogv eot ...... 35 ...... ators togive reports 3 ieAt 63 30 . . tice—Act, s. . 46(3) . . . . n c 09 24 ...... ing Act 2009 33 ...... 30 ...... 37 ...... 33 ......

4 io mnmn fpa—c,s5 38 ...... Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57 Plan area map Schedule 1 44 Endnotes Dictionary Volumesfor simulated meanannualdiversions Schedule 9 Rates and pump sizes Schedule8 Water allocation security objectives Schedule 7 Environmental flow objectives Schedule6 Groundwater sub-area for lower groundwater unit Schedule 5 41 Groundwater sub-areas for upper groundwater unit Schedule 4C 41 ...... water Upper Burnett project area Coastal Burnett Schedule 4B 40 Nodes . . . Three. . Moon Creekwater. . . . project . area ...... Schedule 4A 40 Subcatchment areas ...... Bundaberg water project area Schedule 4 40 ...... Boyne. River water project area Schedule 3 Barker–Barambah water . project .area...... 5 4 3 2 Water project areas 1 Schedule2 ito noain ...... 76 75 ...... List of annotations 75 ...... List of. legislation...... 7 75 ...... Tables ...... reprints inearlier 6 74 Table ...... of . reprints ...... 5 74 ...... Key ...... 4 74 ...... to Date . whichamendments . . incorporated. . . 3 ...... Index toendnotes. 2 1 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 43 ...... 67 ...... 39 ...... groundwater management area 40 ...... 42 ...... 65 ...... 4 ...... 49 ...... 59 ...... 66 ...... 46 ...... 48 ...... 47 . .

2 Purposes 2 Purposes Preliminary of plan 1 Short title Part 1 2009] [as amendedby allamendments that commenced onor before 18 December Water Resource (BurnettBasin)Plan2000 s 1 3 Definitions this plan. The dictionaryinschedule9de to provide aframework forreversing, wherepracticable, (e) to provide aframework forestablishingwater (d) to identify priorities and (c) to provide aframework forsustainablymanagingwater (b) to define theavailability ofwater intheplanarea; (a) The following arethepurposesofthisplan— (Burnett Basin)Plan2000 This water resourceplan Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water including, forexample, stressedrivers. degradation thathasoccurredin naturalecosystems, allocations; future water requirements; and thetakingofwater; 5 may be cited as the . mechanisms fordealingwith fines particular words usedin Water Resource s 3

5 Water to which plan applies Water plan which to 5 Plan areaandwatertowhich 4 Plan area Part 2 s 4 1 The plan area boundary in digital el digital in areaboundary plan The 1 department’sofficeBundaberg. Street, Enterprise 16–32 at 3 The informationheldindigi (3) 2 The exactlocationoftheplan (2) 2 This planalsoappliestogr (2) This plan applies tothe following water ( (1) This planappliestothearea (1) or enlargedtoshowthedeta electronic formbythedepartment. shown ontheplanareamap. groundwater managementarea. water inspringsnotconnectedto— (b) water inawatercourse orlake; (a) plan area— Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water i)subartesianwater conn (ii) artesian water; or (i) plan applies 6 ectronic formmay be inspected at the oundwater intheCoastalBurnett tal electronicformcanbereduced ils oftheplanareaboundary. withintheplanareaboundary area boundaryishe ected toartesianwater. surface water ld indigital ) inthe 1 s 5

iiin1General outcomes 6 General Outcomes for sustainable outcomes Division 1 Part 3 s 6 g to reducereliance ongr (g) to reducereliance ongroundwat (f) to provide forcommunity aspirationsabout— (e) to maintainaccesstouns (d) to protecttheprobabilityof (c) to allow water tobetaken forthefollowing purposes— (b) to ensureareliableandsecuresupply ofwater fromthe (a) Water istobemanagedandallocated— Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water irrigation withgroundwater is potentially affected, by seawater intrusion;and protecting speciesofsignificant conservation (iii) maintainingareasof (ii) providing forfuturewater requirements inthe plan (i) of authorisationstotake under awater allocation;and dewatering purposes;and (v) smallscaleuses; (iv) stock anddomestic use; (iii) agricultureandaquaculture; (ii) urban andindustrialneeds; (i) plan area during thetimethisplanis inforce; and and value, including,forexampl Park andfish habitatareas;and value, including,forexampl area; and management ofwater 7 unsupplementedwater; and upplemented water by holders oundwater inareaswhere beingabletoobtainwater significant conservation detrimentaltosoil;and er inareasaffected, or e, theAuburn National e, lungfish andturtles; s 6

Ecological outcomesfor plan area Ecological outcomes 7 Division 2 s 7 8 Auburn8 River catchment e to improve streamflow (e) b to maintain near natural river formingprocesses (b) to maintainexisting rive (a) allocated— Water intheAuburn River catchment isto be managed and to provide wet season flow to (d) to provide flow regimes thatfavour native plantsand (c) to maintain long termwater qualitysuitable forriverine (b) to maintainpoolhabitats,a (a) Water istobemanagedandallocated— to make water available fortheenvironment. (j) to provide water shari (i) to provide forthecontinued (h) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water movement offish alongwatercourses. estuaries; and estuaries; animals, including,forexample, fish andprawns, in upstream ofAMTD6.0km. and AMTD 6.0kmthatsustainna zones; and animals associatedwithwatercourses andriparian and estuarineecosystems; associated with thehab to groundwater forurbanpurposes;and operations planthatreco groundwater; and and otherauthorisationsto 8 itats, inwatercourses; and ng rulesundertheresource gnise theimportanceofaccess nd native plantsandanimals rine habitatsupstreamof use ofallwater entitlements conditions toassistthe take orinterfere with benefit native plantsand tive plantsandanimals; s 8

11 Burnett River basin and Burnett River andBurnett River Burnett basin 11 Boyne10 River catchment catchments River Stuart and Creek Barambah 9 s 9 2 Elliott, and Gregory Isis river basins 12 2 Water inthe BurnettRiver is (2) Water intheBurnettRiverbasinistobemanagedand (1) c to maintainnearnatural (c) to maintainexisting estuar (b) to maintain existing riverine (a) managed andallocated— Water intheElliott,Gregory andIsis river basins istobe habitat downstreamof provide forlungfishha River. duration ofmarineconditionsin allocated to,ifpracticable to maintainandimprove existing river forming (b) to maintainexisting rive (a) allocated— Water intheBoyne River catch catchments. riverine habitats,thatsustainna to bemanagedandallocated Water intheBarambah Creek Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water basins. aredependantonestuarineprocesses;and (ii) sustain native plantsandanimals; (i) fish habitatareas,that— plants andanimals, inthebasins;and processes upstream ofAMTD5.0km. and AMTD 5.0kmthatsustainna Gayndah atAMTD200km. 9 bitat intheriverpa , minimisethefrequencyand tobemanagedandallocated and StuartRiver catchments is maintain and improve existing river forming processesinthe tive plants andanimals, inthe ment istobemanagedand rine habitatsupstreamof ine habitats,particularlyin theestuaryofBurnett habitats,thatsustainnative tive plantsandanimals; rticularly lungfish s 12

13A Coastal Burnett groundwater Coastal management area 13A Kolan13 River basin s 13 c to prevent furtherseawater intrusion. (c) to maintainorimprove theflow, level, pressureand (b) to maintainorimprove th (a) to bemanagedandallocated— Water intheCoastalBurnett to maintainandimprove ri (c) to maintainandimprove (b) to maintainandimprove ex (a) allocated— Water intheKolan River ba Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water marine processes;and quality ofgroundwater tosustainriverine, estuarineand on groundwater; and to sustainnative plantsandanimalsthataredependent basin. aredependantonestuarineprocesses;and (ii) sustain native plants andanimals; (i) particularly infish habitatareas,that— sustain native plantsandanimals,inthebasin; 10 groundwater managementareais e availability ofgroundwater sin istobemanagedand ver formingprocessesinthe existing estuarinehabitats, isting riverine habitats,that s 13A

4Assessingconsistency withob 14 Assessing consistency with Preliminary Subdivision 1 Division 1 Environmental flow and Part 4 s 14 15 Assessing consistency with objectives for Assessingconsistency withobjectives groundwater 15 1 Each of thefollowing isused (1) The chiefexecutive maya (3) If itisnotpracticableto (2) The IQQM computer program’s simulationforthe (1) b the CoastalBurnett gr (b) the instructionalseawater (a) groundwater managementarea— objectives forgroundwater environmental flow objectives accurately astheIQ method willassesscons subsection (2)only ifthe chiefexecutive issatisfied the may beused. another assessmentmethodapprov and water allocation security environmental flow objectives, compensationflow objectives period forsurface water isused Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water period forgroundwater. groundwater flow model’s si for thesimulationperiodgroundwater; indicators objectives andperformance water allocationsecurity compensation flow objectives, objectives QM computerprogram. 11 istency withtheobjectives atleastas use theIQQMcomputerprogram, pprove anassessmentmethodfor objectives forsurface water. toassessconsistency withthe oundwater projectnumerical jectives for water jectives surface intrusionmodel’s simulation and waterallocationsecurity to assessconsistency withthe in theCoastalBurnett mulation forthesimulation ed by the chiefexecutive s 15

16 Water16 project Water project areas, subcatchment areas Subdivision 2 s 16 2 The boundary locations in digital electronic form may be inspected atthe inspected be formmay electronic digital in locations boundary The 2 Subcatchment17 areas department’sofficeBundaberg. Street, Enterprise 16–32 at 4 The informationheld indigi (4) The exactlocationofth (3) Each subcatchment areaisidentifiedonthemapbyaletterof (2) Each partoftheplanareathat (1) A waterprojectareaisapriori (2) Each areadescribedinschedul (1) The chiefexecutive maya (3) If itisnotpracticabletousetheinstructionalseawater (2) area. or enlarged toshow thedetail areas isheldindigitalelect the alphabet. area forthisplan. boundary shownonthemapin granting ofwaterallocationsto this plan. flow model. Coastal Burnettgroundwater accurately astheinst method willassesscons subsection (2)only ifthe chiefexecutive issatisfied the method approved by thechiefexecutive maybeused. numerical groundwater flow intrusion modelortheCoastal Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 2 areas andnodes ructional seawater in 12 istency withtheobjectives atleastas e boundariesofthesubcatchment ronic formbythedepartment. pprove anassessmentmethodfor tal electronicformcanbereduced project numericalgroundwater ty areafortheconversiontoor s ofaparticularsubcatchment iswithinasubcatchmentarea takewaterintheplan area. e 2isawaterprojectareafor Burnettgroundwater project schedule 3isasubcatchment model, anotherassessment trusion modelorthe s 17

8 Groundwater unitsand groundwater sub-areas 18B Burnett groundwater Coastal management area 18A Groundwater units andgroundwater 3 Subdivision 18 Nodes s 18 1 The CoastalBurnettgroundwat (1) The numberandlocationof (2) A nodementionedinthisplan (1) 3 The areaofthelower groundw (3) Each ofthefollowing areas (2) 4. area maportheinschedul groundwater sub-areaforthis plan. schedule 4CastheFairymead the lower groundwater unit, (b) the uppergroundwater unit, (a) of thefollowing (each a of theplan areashown The CoastalBurnettgroundwater management area. area oraplaceintheCoastalBurnettgroundwaterthe plan d Farnsfield groundwater sub-area. (d) Elliott-Gregory groundwater sub-area; (c) Burnett-Elliott groundwater sub-area; (b) Kolan-Burnett (a) sub-area forthisplan— and shown onthemapinsc Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water the Fairymead Beds. the ElliottFormation; groundwater area management sub-areas for Coastal Burnett groundwater sub-area; 13 on themapinschedule4A. groundwater unit within theuppergroundwater unit each nodeareshownontheplan isaplaceonwatercoursein e 4Aanddescribedinschedule ater unit,show hedule 4Bisagroundwater er managementareaconsists groundwater sub-area,isa management areaisthepart containingtheaquifersof containing theaquifersof )— n onthemapin s 18B

19 Objectives Surface water Subdivision 1 Environmental flow objectivesand Division 2 Information aboutareas 18C s 18C 20 Performance indicators 2 The informationheldindigi (2) The exact locationoftheCoastalBurnettgroundwater (1) a for low flow environmenta (a) The performanceindicators— in schedule5,parts1and2. The environmental flow objecti Editor’s note or enlarged toshow thedetailsofboundaries. held indigitalelectronicformby thedepartment. management areaandground the department’s office Bundaberg. Street, Enterprise at 16–32 at beinspected may form electronic in digital locations boundary The Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water vi number ofperiods ofnoflow ofatleast3months; (vii) number ofperiods ofnoflow ofatleast1month; (vi) low flow exceedence duration(30cmabove (v) low flow exceedence duration(10cmabove (iv) 90% dailyflow exceedence; (iii) 50%dailyflow exceedence; (ii) daily flow lessthan2ML; (i) water areasfollows— — cease-to-flow); cease-to-flow) performance indicators 14 tal electronicformcanbereduced ves forsurface water arestated water sub-areaboundariesis l flow objectives forsurface s 20

udvso Groundwater Subdivision 2 s 20A 0 Performance indicators for groundwater-dependent 20B Groundwater-dependen 20A ecosystem objectives ecosystem b for mediumtohighflow environmental flow objectives (b) a for groundwater-dependent ecosystemsateachnode (a) ecosystem objectivesare— The performanceindicators objectives ecosystem groundwater managementarea( groundwater-dependent ecosystemsintheCoastalBurnett The environmental flow objectives for Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water vi 20 yearaverage recurrenceinterval dailyflow (vii) 5 year average recurrence interval dailyflow (vi) 1.5 yearaverage recurr (v) meanwetseasonflow; (iv) mean annualflow; (iii) flow regime class; (ii) annual proportionalflow deviation; (i) for surface water areasfollows— numberofperiodsno (ix) ofperiods ofno (viii)number i the simulatedaverage depthtothewatertable; and (i) mentioned inschedule5,part3,table8,column 1— volume. volume; volume; and ) arestatedinschedule5,part3. t ecosystemobjectives 15 for thegroundwater-dependent flow ofatleast6months; flow ofatleast9months; ence interval dailyflow groundwater-dependent s 20B

0 Performance indicatorfor seawater objective intrusion 20D Seawaterobjective intrusion 20C s 20C iiin3Compensation flow objectives and 21 Objectives Division 3 b there mustbenoperiods of (b) for submarinegroundwater (b) a the number ofperiods (a) At Bangaugingstat model. Burnett groundwater project the instructionalseawater intrusionmodelandtheCoastal is theaverage areaaffected by The performanceindicatorforth groundwater sub-areaasatthe simulated areaaffected by intrusion objective the CoastalBurnettgroundwater managementarea( The environmental flow objective forseawater intrusion for Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water less than2ML aday. period discharge. simulated average coastalsubmarinegroundwater than 5;and the dryperiodislessthan in thesimulationperiod thesimulatedperiod that thedepthto (ii) column 3ofthetablefornode;and watertable ismorethan thedistancestatedin performance indicators ) inwhichflow foreachdayin thedryperiodis ) isthattherenoincreaseintheaverage 16 ion onBarambahCreek— of atleast3months (a seawater intrusionsimulatedby seawater intrusionineach commencement ofthissection. numerical groundwater flow 2MLadaymustbenomore e seawater intrusion objective 6monthsormore(alsoa which flow foreachdayin discharge systems—the dry period seawater s 21 dry )

iiin4Water allocationsecurityobjectives 23 Objectives 4 Division 22 Performance indicators s 22 24 Performance indicators 2 The performanceindicators (2) The performanceindicator (1) c 70% unsupplementedwater sharingindex. (c) 50% unsupplementedwater sharingindex; (b) 30% unsupplementedwater sharingindex; (a) in asubcatchment objectives forwaterallocations a waterprojectareaisthes objectives forwaterallocations totakesupplemented water in for water allocations totake groundwater fromthe (c) for water allocationsto (b) for water allocations to (a) in— The water allocationsecurityobjec the numberofperiodsat (b) the numberofperiodsat (a) objectives are— The performanceindicators Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water area—schedule 6,part3. Coastal Burnettgroundwater management subcatchment area—sch water projectarea—schedule6,part1;and for eachdayintheperiodislessthan2MLaday. for eachdayintheperiodislessthan2MLaday;and and performance indicators area areasfollows— 17 upplemented watersharingindex. take unsupplementedwater ina edule 6,part2;and for waterallocation security for waterallocation security take supplementedwater ina totakeunsupplementedwater for the compensation flow least6monthsinwhichflow least3monthsinwhichflow tives forthisplanarestated s 24

5 Decisionsaboutmanaging orallocating water General strategies for achieving 25 Strategies for achieving Division 1 Part 5 s 25 26 Matters Matters executivechief must consider 26 1 In makingadecisionaboutthe (1) The performanceindicators (3) b simulated nominalvolume probability. (b) simulated nominalvolume; and (a) groundwater sub-areaare— objectives forwaterallocati b the availability ofanal (b) the availability ofwater for the purpose forwhichitis (a) area, thechiefexecutivemustconsiderfollowing— the water allocationsecurity objectives stated in (c) the compensationflow objectives statedinsection21; (b) the environmental flow obj (a) consistent with— plan area,otherthanadecisioninrelationtopermit,mustbe Decisions aboutthemanagement Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water already available;already purpose includingthemore intended tobetaken; schedule 6. and and schedule5; the plan outcomes andimplementing outcomes 18 ons totakegroundwater ina ternative water supply for the for waterallocation security allocation ofwaterintheplan ectives statedinsection20C or allocationofwater inthe efficient useofwater s 26

s 26 f if the takinginvolves the (f) the impactoftheproposed (e) d whether thetakingshouldbe (d) whether thevolume ofwate (c) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water transferred. the ecologyofwatercourse intowhichthewater is taking islikely toadversely watercourses indifferent river basins—whetherthe (viii)groundwater-dependent ecosystems intheCoastal ecosystems (viii)groundwater-dependent cultural values, including, forexample, cultural (vii) theextent towhichrapi (vi) the naturalvariability (v) themovement offish andotheraquaticspecies; (iv) inundation ofstreambedhabitat; (iii) water quality; (ii) achieving theoutcomesunderpart3; (i) infrastructure onthe following— groundwater levels intheCoastalBurnett (iv) water isreleased (iii) thewater flow isinsufficient fordownstream water (ii) there isnowater flow inawatercourse; or (i) periods, including,forexample, when— should beusedtomeasurethevolume ofwater taken; be restricted orameter Burnett groundwater managementarea; values oflocalAboriginalcommunities; environment; instream water levels may adversely affect the streamflow patterns; seawater intrusion; degradation ofthequalitygroundwater by maintain base flows tori groundwater managementareaareinsufficient to environment; or users ortosustainthehealthofecosystems; 19 pproved by the chief executive chief the by pproved r intendedtobetaken should for thebenefit ofthe anddurationofseasonal affect thewater quality and takingorproposedwater transfer ofwater between restricteddu d artificial variations in vers orprevent further ring particular s 26

7 Restrictionontaking wate Strategies for achieving outcomes 27 Division 2 s 27 1 The chiefexecutivemaygran (1) Subsection (1)— (2) 3 Subsections (1)and (2)do not (3) Subsection (1)doesnotapplytothefollowing— (2) d a water allocation conver (d) any otherauthorisationin (c) the chiefexecutive issatis (b) the chiefexecutive imposesaconditiononthelicence, (a) area onlyif— allocation totake waterfroma does notlimitthe matters thechiefexecutive may (b) does notapplytoadeci (a) be imposedonthetakingofwa a licencetoirrigatecrops (b) a permitforstockordomesticpurposes; (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water mentioned inparagraph(c). commencement; under irrigationisnotmorethan10ha; values ofthewaterhole orlake. will notadversely affect the waterhole orlake naturallyoverflows; or the level thatis0.5mbelo only ifthewater level inth permit orwater allocationthat the water maybetaken water intheplanarea. consider inmakingadeci River; and 5(1)(c), totake unsupplementedwater intheBurnett under the (surface water) Water (Transitional) Regulation 2000 20 r from waterholesorlakes ter fromawaterholeorlake. sion aboutgrantingalicence limit therestrictions thatmay forfeedingstockifthearea t alicence,permitorwater waterhole orlakeintheplan force immediately before the sion abouttheallocationof fied thetakingofwater e waterhole orlake isabove ted fromanauthorisation w thelevel atwhichthe cultural andenvironmental , section s 27

9 Restrictionontaking wate 29 Restrictionontaking water 28 s 28 30 Restriction on taking from ontaking water Restriction theBoyne River 30 catchment basins Isis river catchment allocations. to betaken fromthecatchmentunderlicencesandwater allocation doesnotincreasetheto of water allowed tobetake take waterfromtheBoyne Rive The chiefexecutive maygranta water allocations. allowed tobetaken fromth water allocation doesnotincreas volume ofwater allowed tobetaken underthelicenceor take water fromtheAuburn The chiefexecutive maygranta the volume ofwater allowed tobetaken underthe (b) the licenceorwater allocationisforurbanwater supply; (a) relevant area take water fromtheElliott,Gr The chiefexecutive maygranta Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water water supplybeingmorethan1000MLayear. area underlicencesandwater allocationsforurban volume ofwater allowed tobetaken fromthe relevant licence orwater allocationdoe and ) onlyif— 21 r from theAuburn River from and theElliott,Gregory e catchmentunderlicencesand n underthelicenceorwater r catchment onlyifthevolume egory orIsisriver basins(the River catchmentonlyifthe licence orwater allocationto licence orwater allocationto licence orwater allocationto e thetotalvolume ofwater tal volume ofwater allowed s notresultinthetotal s 30

30A Decision not to notto increase amount Decision of groundwater taken in Strategies for achieving outcomes 30A Division 3 s 30A 30B Restriction ontaking Restriction interferingor with groundwater 30B 3 Subsections (1)and(2)donotapplytoadecision— (3) A decisionmentionedins (2) The chiefexecutive must (1) osa unt groundwater management area Burnett Coastal e under aseasonal water (e) by usingworks mentioned (d) under anauthorityundersection30E; or (c) under a water permit;or (b) under a water entitlement; or (a) Coastal Burnettgroundwater ma A personmustnottake orinte required tobemadeundertheresource operationsplan. (e) about awater licencefordewatering purposes;or (d) to authorisetakinggroundw (c) about reinstatingorreplacinganexpired water (b) about awater permit;or (a) commencement ofthissection. an authorisation,madebut notdecidedbeforethe about anapplication,inrela the totalvolume ofgroundwater Burnett groundwater manageme allocation ormanagementof Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water section 233oftheAct. or taking groundwater onlyfor purposes undersection30E; or entitlement; or (groundwater) 22 ubsection (1)includesadecision tion totakinggroundwater under not make adecisionaboutthe groundwater intheCoastal rfere withgroundwater inthe nagement areaotherthan— that maybetaken inthearea. assignment approved under nt areathatwould increase stock ordomesticpurposes; in section30Cor30Dfor ater forstockordomestic s 30B

0 Taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes 30D Taking or interfering withgroundwater, other than for 30C s 30C 30E Restriction ontaking Restriction groundwater for stock ordomestic 30E 1 This section applies toanowne (1) In thissection— (2) An owner oflandintheCoastalBurnettgroundwater (1) In thissection— (3) The owner maytake groundw (2) This sectionappliestotheow (1) sn xsigworks existing using extension area usingexisting purposes, works in stock ordomestic upssuignew works using purposes groundwater management areaif— works replacing works me (b) works— (a) existing works groundwater forstockordomesticpurposes. management areamayuse works replacingworks me (b) works thatwereinexis (a) existing works under the before 22January2007,given th domestic purposes, usingtheexisting works ifthe owner has, groundwater aresituated. existingon which worksfor Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water (ii) for which anagreementwiththechiefexecutive forwhich in (ii) in existence imme (i) commencement ofthissection;or Water Regulation 2002 commencement ofthissection;or relation totheworks was enteredintobeforethe commencement ofthissection;or means— means— 23 ner oflandintheextension area tence immediatelybeforethe r oflandintheCoastalBurnett ater, otherthanforstockor ntioned inparagraph(a). ntioned inparagraph(a). existing works fortaking , section 3CA,for the works. taking orinterferingwith e chiefexecutive anotice diately beforethe s 30E

s 30F 30F Relationship withSustainable Relationship PlanningAct2009 30F 4 In thissection— (4) However, ifthenew works were notphysically completed (3) The owner mayusenew work (2) b the landisnot inaservice (b) a works fortakingorinterferingwithgroundwater are (a) In theCoastalBurnettgroundwater managementarea— dividing landintopartsby (b) creating lotsby subdividing anotherlot;or (a) reconfiguring alot works forwhich anagreementwiththe chiefexecutive (b) works notinexisten (a) new works form oftheworks. groundwater, give thechiefexecutive noticeintheapproved before 22January2007,theowner must,beforetaking land hasnothappenedafter22January2007. for stockordomesticpurposesif the owner isnot,under (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water available forseparate dispos Act 1997 under the the commonpropertyforacommunitytitlesscheme years, oranagreementfortheexclusive useofpart for aterm,includingrenewa and purposes; works fortakinggroundwater forstockordomestic 3(c)(ii); and Regulation 2009 assessable development forthe this sectioninrelationtotheworks. has notbeen entered intobeforethecommencementof commencement ofthissection;or means— ) rendering different partsofalotimmediately Body Corporate and Community Management means— 24 , schedule3,part1,table4,item s forthetakingofgroundwater ce immediatelybeforethe area foraretail water service. agreement (other thanalease section 30D,usingexisting ition orseparateoccupation. reconfiguring alotonthe l options,notexceeding 10 Sustainable Planning s 30F

1 Maximum daily ratesfor surface water taking 31 Surface water Subdivision 1 Authorisations andwater Division 4 s 31 c for anotherauthorisation—the (c) for anauthorisationthat (b) for anauthorisationth (a) under an authorisation totake surface water is— The maximumdailyra works replacingworks, ment (b) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water ii the environmental flow andcompensationflow (iii) theoutcomesunderpart3;and (ii) the natureoftheauthorisation;and (i) executive having regard to— forotherpumpsizes—the (ii) for apumpsizementionedinschedule7,column (i) rate but statesapumpsize— rate—the statedrate;and 2009 development forthe 1048A oftheAct,taken to which adevelopment permit , schedule3,part2,ta objectives underpart4. objectives andthewa and ratescontained executive usingtheinfo pump size;and 1—the ratestatedinschedule 7,column2,forthe allocations te atwhichsurface water maybetaken 25 Sustainable PlanningRegulation does notstateamaximumdaily in schedule7;and at statesamaximumdaily ble 4,item1(b)(iii). beheld,ar ioned inparagraph(a),for rmation aboutpumpsizes ratedecidedby thechief is heldor, under section ter allocationsecurity rate decidedby thechief e self-assessable s 31

2 Annual volumes waterthatmay ofsurface be taken 32 s 32 1 The annualvolumeofsurface waterthatmaybetakenunder (1) b for anotherauthorisation (b) for anauthorisationto (a) an authorisationtotakesurfacewateris— c for anotherauthorisatio (c) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water i)theenvironmental flow andcompensation flow (ii) the outcomesunderpart3;and (i) chief executive having regard to— the efficiency oftheu (iv) the annualvolumes ofwa (iii) thewater takingcapacityofany authorisedworks (ii) the environmental flow andcompensationflow (i) executive having regard tothefollowing criteria— the commencement—a volume stated volume; and states anannualvolume ofwater thatmaybe taken—the v)foranauthorisation that (vi) the flow conditionsunderwhichwater maybe (v) objectives underpart4. objectives andthewa years, before thecommencement; authorisation duringthepe executive tohave beentaken underthe started, immediately before thecommencement; authorisation iftheworks wereinexistence, or associated withta objectives; objectives andthewa area, inhectares,by 6ML foreachhectare; and volume toanamountcalcul efficiently irrigate the irrigated—the volume ofwater requiredto taken undertheauthorisation; subparagraph (iii); 26 n—a volume decidedby the take supplemented water that in force immediately before se ofthewater mentionedin king water underthe area, includinglimitingthe statestheareathatmaybe ter estimatedby thechief ter allocationsecurity ter allocationsecurity riod, ofnomorethan10 decidedby thechief ated by multiplyingthe s 32

3 Authorisations to statema 33 s 33 34 Authorisation to take surface water convertedwater water Authorisationto surface to take 34 2 If thewaterallocationis (2) This sectionappliestoawa (1) However, themaximum dailyrateatwhichwater maybe (2) The maximum dailyrate atwh (1) In decidingtheannualvolume (3) Subsection (3)appliestoan (2) allocation volume b for otherauthorisations (b) b for otherauthorisations (b) if aninterim resource ope (a) allocation belongsto— authorisation totakesurfacewater. operations licencedoesnotneed taken underawaterallocati authorisation mustbest annual volumeofwaterth for authorisationsthat (a) authorisation, thechiefexecutivemustensure— mentioned inschedule8,column1. subsection (1)(b)fortakingwa Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water area. stated inschedule8,colu subcatchment areaisnotmorethanthetotalvolume diversion calculated forallof area; and stated inschedule8,colu subcatchment areaisnotmorethanthetotalvolume calculated forall oftho irrigated—the simulatedmeanannualdiversion commencement, statedtheareathatmaybe high prioritygroup;and authorisation ashighpriorityorhigh-Apriority—the 27 ated ontheauthorisation. ximumdaily rateannual and ter allocationconvertedfroman —the mediumprioritygroup. on managedunderaresource ich watermaybetaken,andthe —the simulatedmeanannual for supplementedwater, the at maybetaken,underan , immediatelybeforethe authorisation mentioned in that maybetakenunderthe mn 3,forthesubcatchment mn 2,forthesubcatchment rations licenceidentifies the to be stated ontheallocation. ter inasubcatchment area se authorisations inthe those authorisations inthe s 34

4 Maximumrates for groundwater taking 34A Groundwater Subdivision 2 s 34A 4 Authorisation to take 34B (4) An authorisation totakegr An (4) The flowconditionsunderwhic (4) 3 The conditionsunderwhichwa (3) The maximum annualvolumeofgroundwaterthatmaybe (2) This sectionappliestoa wa (1) The locationfromwhichwater (3) ae allocation water groundwater management areawi and thewater allocationsecur executive havingregardtotheenvironmental flow objectives allocation totakegroundwater the flow conditionsunderwhichwater maybetaken (b) the environmental flow andcompensationflow (a) licence aredecidedbythechiefexecutivehavingregardto— water allocationnotmanage the authorisation. the water allocation mustbe the year. water thatmaybetaken under taken underthewaterallocati area. groundwater intheCoastalBu resource operationsplan,from authorisation. rate atwhichgroundwater Burnett groundwater management An authorisationtotake Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water under theauthorisation. under part4;and objectives wateral andthe groundwater converted to 28 ter allocationconverted,underthe oundwater intheCoastalBurnett groundwater fromtheCoastal ity objectives underpart4. d underaresourceoperations maybetaken underthe on isthemaximumvolume of rnett groundwater management ter maybetakenunderawater may betakenthatisstatedon h watermaybetakenundera same asthelocationstatedon aredecidedbythechief the authorisationinawater anauthorisationtotake location securityobjectives areamaystateamaximum ll notbeconverted toa s 34B

34C Granting water Granting allocation totakegroundwater in the 34C s 34C 5Releasingwater through fish ways Miscellaneous 35 Division 5 (3) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters to which thechief Subsection (2)doesnotlimitthematterstowhich (3) The conditionsunderwhich (2) If an owner oflandinthe exte (1) extension area from adamthroughfish ways. fish ways ifwater towhich operations planmustprovid The environmental manageme executive mayhave regard. the efficiency oftheusewater given inthe (d) the information given in (c) the groundwater-dependent ecosystemobjectives, (b) the outcomesunderpart3;and (a) regard to— water allocationaredecided authority. operations plan,grantawate chief executive must,under section 30Ctotake groundwater dewatering purposes. (b) stock ordomestic purposes;or (a) be taken for— water allocationtotake groundw Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water information mentione 30C(2); and security objectives underpart4;and seawater intrusionobjectiv 29 d inparagraph(c). e forreleasesofwater through the planrelatescanbereleased water maybetakenunderthe the noticementioned insection by thechiefexecutivehaving nsion areaisauthorisedunder nt rulesunderaresource r allocationtoreplacethe a processintheresource ater ifthegroundwater isto usingexisting works, the es, andwater allocation s 35

7 Continued effect of mo 37A inplanarea water Unallocated 37 rulesfor Changing waterproject areas 36 s 36 4 However, subsection (3)doesnotapplytoanapplication— (4) Subsection (3)appliestoan (2) This sectioncontinues, inpart,theeffect ofthemoratorium (1) There isnounallocatedgroundw (3) Subsection (1)doesnotapply (2) Unallocated surfacewaterin (1) Before changingtherulesinplan,chiefexecutivemust (2) This sectionappliestoanex (1) 3 The applicationwi (3) management area. apply togroundwater inth be decideduntiltheresource accepted beforethemoratorium change thelocationfromwh (b) increase theamountofwate (a) groundwater managementarea— both ofthe following effects repealed Actifgrantingthea December 2003and52006. notice, publishedon3Oct groundwater managementarea. section 5(1)(c). granted under the plan. future waterrequirementsonl annual reliabilityofsupplyfor consider whetherthechangew assignment rulesforwater rules, waterallocationtran that includesenvironmentalmana Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water or interferedwith. ll notbeaccepted Water (Transitional)Regulation2000 ratorium notice—Act, s46(3) notice—Act, ratorium 30 in awaterprojectarea. ober 2003andamendedon22 e CoastalBurnettgroundwater application undertheActor on water intheCoastalBurnett pplication would have eitheror sfer rulesor seasonalwater isting resource y underaresourceoperations operations planisamendedto water allocationsinthearea. to watertakenunderalicence the planareaisavailable for noticewas published, willnot ould maintainorimprovethe r taken orinterferedwith; gement rules,watersharing ater intheCoastalBurnett ich the water maybetaken or, forapplications operations plan s 37A ,

iiin6Implementing this plan 38 Implementation schedule Division 6 s 38 1 It isproposedtopreparearesourceoperationsplan— (1) e to includeenvironmental (e) to requiremetering ofthevolume ofwater taken under (d) to convert water licencesand interimwater allocations (c) to implementthemonitori (b) to make unallocated water available forfuturewater (a) to subdivide awater li (g) to amalgamate 2ormore (f) for aseasonalwater assignment; or (e) to grantawater licenceifthe istoreplacean (d) to reinstateanexpired water licenceundersection221 (c) for approval todewater underawater licencetotake (b) for a water permit;or (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water project area. project seasonal water assignmentru sharing rules,water allo an authorisation;and and for water inawater project within 1yearafterthecommencement; and commencement; and requirements intheplanar Act. 224 oftheAct;or 2003; or expired water licencethatwa of the Act; or the commencement of thissection;or water fordewatering purposes thatwas inexistence at 31 cence undersection225ofthe water licencesundersection cation transfer rulesand ng requirementsinpart6 ea within1yearafter the management rules,water areatowater allocations; s inexistence on3October les forwater inawater s 38

39 Preparing resource for plan Preparing operations Boyne River 39 s 39 4 As soonaspracticable (4) For themattersme (3) For the matters mentionedinsubsection (1)(c) to(e)itis (2) ae rjc area water project d progressively reducing thenumberofwater allocations (d) restricting thevolume ofwater thatmaybetaken under (c) upgrading the efficiency orcapacityofwater (b) using capacitysharingasthebasis forthewater sharing (a) water allocationsecurity following in relationtoimpr water projectarea,thechief In preparing ares inconsistent withthisplan. amend waterlicences to takewa mentioned insubsection(1)(c), prepared forapartoftheplaninrelationtomatter years after thecommencement. water projectareasmentioned proposed topreparetheplan Three MoonCreekwater projectarea—3years. (e) Upper Burnettwater projectarea—2 years; (d) Barker–Barambah wate (c) Bundaberg water projectarea—1year; (b) Boyne River water projectarea—1year; (a) area— areas withintheperiodafterth proposed topreparetheplanfo Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water in the area. in the authority fromwhich thewater allocation is converted; mentioned insection 32(1)(b)(ii) a water allocationby having infrastructure inthearea; rules forthe area; ource operationsplanfortheBoyne River ntioned insubsection 32 aftertheresource objectives inthearea— r projectarea—2years; oving performanceagainstthe e commencementstatedforthe for theplanar executive mustconsiderthe r thefollowingwaterproject in subsection (2),within5 (d) or(e),itisproposedto ter inthe partthatare regard to thecriteria to(v) inrelationtothe (1)(d) and(e)itis operations planis ea, otherthan s 39

Part 6 Monitoring and reporting andreporting Monitoring Part 6 plan resource Amending operations 39A s 39A 0 Monitoringfor surface water Surface water 40 1 Division 1 The monitoringrequirements forsurface water forthis plan (1) The amendmentoftheresour (2) Within 1yearafterthecomm (1) b natural ecosystemsmonitoring,inrelationto— (b) water monitoring, inrelationto— (a) are— protecting theprobability (d) preventing negative impactsonbaseflow to (c) preventing furtherseawater intrusion; (b) protecting groundwater (a) additional strategies forthefollowing— Burnett groundwater managementarea. provisions inthisplanrela proposed toamendtheresource Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water i)thehealthand distribu (ii) volume, frequency, (i) water quality;and (iii) diversions ofwater; and (ii) river flow; and (i) groundwater underawater entitlement. watercourses; streamflows; and micro-organism specie requirements 33 ting togroundwater intheCoastal -dependent ecosystems; ce operationsplanwillinclude encement ofthissection,itis durationandseasonof operations plantoimplement ofbeingabletoobtain s andcommunities; and tion ofanimal,plantand s 40

1 Monitoringprograms undertake 41 s 41 1 Each water infrastructure (1) The monitoringrequirement (2) 2 For subsection (1)(a), thepr (2) operators a water quantity including— (a) the following— natural ecosystems, inrelation tothe matters statedin (b) water, inrelationtoth (a) project area inwhich theoperator manages water— executive, that include monitori undertake monitoringprograms, monitoring programsadminist (c) monitoring programsundert (b) monitoring programsundertaken by water infrastructure (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water i)river formingflows. (iv) the conditionofriveri (iii) ii inflows ofwater todams;and (iii) deliveries anddiversions ofwater; and (ii) the flow ofwater atgauging stations;and (i) section 40(1)(b). 40(1)(a); agencies. with relevant Stateagencies;and operators underaresourceoperationsplan;and E wetlands; and (E) floodplains; (D) andin-channelriparianzones; upper (C) stream-bed habitats; (B) waterholes andlake ecosystems; (A) including thefollowing— 34 s aretobeachievedby— ograms mustincludemonitoring operator mustdevelopand e mattersstated insection ng thefollowinginwater n byinfrastructure water satisfactorytothechief aken by communitygroups ne andestuar ered by relevant State ine habitats s 41

2 Water infrastructure operators to givereports 42 s 42 1 Each waterinfrastructureope (1) 3 The monitoringprogramsmustassistinenablingthechief (3) b water qualityincluding— (b) b details ofdecisionsmadeby theoperatorinmanaging (b) details ofthe informati (a) information— executive awrittenreport the operationofoutlet (c) part 5. executive toassesstheeffectiven Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water i)biological, chemical a (ii) temperature; and (i) the level ofwater inadam; (v) thequantityofwater releasedfroma dam foreach (iv) i)infrastructure modificat (iv) restrictions onthetakingorsupplyofwater; (iii) managingtheflow ofwater; (ii) making water available (i) decisions aboutthefollowing— water andwater infrastructure,including,forexample, matters mentionedin section41; including, forexample, multi-level offtakes. D any otherpurposedecidedby thechief (D) the operationoffish ways; (C) the environment; (B) consumption; (A) of the following— a water projectarea; operator’s usualproceduresformanagingwater in executive; and 35 on obtainedby monitoringthe rator mustgivethechief nd physicalmeasurements; works relatingtoadam containing thefollowing ions orinstallations; ess ofthestrategiesunder to water usersunderthe s 42

s 42A 42A Monitoring for Monitoring groundwater in Coastal Burnett Groundwater 42A Division 2 4 A reportaboutama (4) 3 A reportaboutama (3) A reportaboutamatterment (2) 1 The monitoringre (1) groundwater area management be giventhenextbusinessda matter happens. and (iv),(c)(d) within 3monthsafterthe (b) a for eachfinancial year (a) (b)(i) and(ii)mustbegiven— details ofany emergency (e) details aboutremedialact (d) a groundwater monitoringfor— (a) Burnett groundwatermanagementareaare— information aboutany non- (c) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water which the reportrelates. water underthisplan;and part 3. that mayaffect theachievement oftheoutcomesunder inresponse toaneven (ii) in relationtoarequi (i) with aresourceoperationsplanforthearea; i)interaction withsurface water; and (iv) water quality;and (iii) electricalconductivity; and (ii) groundwater levels; and (i) operations plan;or quality; quirements forgroundwat tter mentionedins must begivenwithin1monthafterthe tter mentionedins 36 y aftertheactionistaken. in whichthe operatormanages ioned insubsection (1)(a)and ion taken by theoperator— action taken by theoperator end ofthefinancial yearto compliance by theoperator rement underaresource t orthingaffecting water ubsection (1)(e)must ubsection (1)(b)(iii) er fortheCoastal s 42A

s 43 3 See section 54 (Matters the repo section 54(Mattersthe See 3 Minister’son plan—Act, Minister’s s53 report andamending report 43 7 Part 2 The monitoringrequirement (2) b within 6monthsafterthe (b) for eachfinancial yeartheplanisinforce; and (a) The Minister’s report other monitoringprograms (c) monitoring useofgroundw (c) groundwater-dependent ec (b) b monitoring programsadmi (b) monitoring programsstatedintheresourceoperations (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water which the reportrelates. subsection (1). executive tobe relevant tothe matters mentioned in executive andrelevant Stateagencies; and allocations. the healthanddistribution ofecosystems (iii) thehealthanddistribution ofriparianvegetation, (ii) baseflow towatercourses; and (i) plan; and including, forexample, seagrasscommunities;and dependent onsubmarine communities dependentongroundwater; and terrestrial vegetation andwetlandspecies and plan rts mustinclude)oftheAct. 3 onthisplanmustbeprepared— 37 s aretobeachievedby— osystems monitoringfor— end ofthefinancial yearto considered by thechief nistered by thechief ater by meteringwater groundwater discharge, s 43

44 Minor amendment of plan—Act, s57 Minoramendmentofplan—Act, 44 s 44 f an amendmentoraddition (f) an amendmentoftheboundariesagroundwater (e) an amendmentoradditi (d) an amendmentoradditionof (c) an amendmentoradditionof (b) an amendmenttoextend (a) under section57(b)oftheAct— The following typesofamendmen Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water requirement underpart6. management area; sub-area intheCoastalBurnettgroundwater the outcomesunderpart3; environmental flow orcompensation flow objectives or adversely affect existing water allocations, objective theamendm if 3; allocation securityobjectiv outcome withoutadversel addition achieves anequivalent orimproved ecological compensation flow objective iftheamendmentor under part3; water allocation securityobj ecological outcomewithou amendment achieves anequivalent orimproved objective tootherparts compensation flow objective or 38 on ofawater projectarea; es ortheoutcomesunderpart of amonitoringorreporting ent oradditiondoesnot an environmental flow or of theplanareaif awater allocation security t maybemadetothisplan t adversely affecting the anenvironmental flow or y affecting thewater ectives ortheoutcomes water allocation security s 44

ceue1Plan areamap Schedule 1 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 39 section 4

Boyne projectRiver water area 2 project water area Barker–Barambah 1 Water project areas Schedule 2 Bundaberg waterproject area 3 c Sheepstation Creekbe (c) the partoftheBurnet (b) the partoftheKolan River betweenKolan Barrageand (a) The Bundaberg water proj 110.5km). impounded areaofthe Burnett rivers andBoondoom Boyne River betweenthec The Boyne River water projectarea the partofBarker Cr (b) the partofBarambahCreekfromdownstream of (a) The Barker–Barambah water Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 8.6km; and 162.8km); and Ned Churchward Weir (AMTD25.9kmtoAMTD Dam, includingtheimpounded Barrage andtheimpoundedareaofBurnett River 116.0km); and dam andBuccaWeir (AMTD14.7km toAMTD Fred HaighDam,includi 0.0km toAMTD38.2km). including theimpoundedarea Barker andBarambahCreeks in thepartofcreek;and 189.5km, includingtheimpounde Stonelands gaugingstati 40 ect areaconsistsof— dam (AMTD0.0kmtoAMTD tween AMTD0.0kmand eek betweentheconfluenceof t River betweenBenAnderson project areaconsistsof— on (AMTD85.0km)toAMTD onfluence oftheBoyne and ng theimpoundedareaof andBjelke-Petersen Dam, a Dam,includingthe consistsofthepart areas ofthebarrageand ofthedam(AMTD d areasofallstorages section 16(1)

5 Upper Burnett water project water area Burnett Upper 5 waterproject Creek Moon area Three 4 b the partoftheNogoRiver (b) the partoftheBurnettRiver betweentheimpounded (a) The UpperBurnettwater projectareaconsistsof— the partofMonalCr (b) the partofThreeMoonCreekbetweenAbercorn and (a) The ThreeMoonCreekwater pr St AgnesCreekbetweenAMTD0.0kmand (d) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water AMTD 44.5km). the impoundedareaofdam(AMTD0.0kmto Nogo andBurnettrivers a 162.8km toAMTD333.9km);and Jones Weir, KirarWeir andJohnGoleby Weir (AMTD including theimpoundedareasofClaudeWhartonWeir, area oftheBurnettRiver AMTD 2.8km. (AMTD 13.2kmtoAMTD130.8km);and Cania Dam,includingtheimpoundedareaofdam 1.3km. Schedule 2(continued) 41 eek betweenAMTD0.0kmand between theconfluenceof oject areaconsistsof— Dam andJohnGoleby Weir, nd Wuruma Dam,including

ceue3Subcatchment areas Schedule 3 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 42 section 17(1)

at1Nodes for surfacewater Part 1 Nodes Schedule 4 9SplinterCreekatDakiel(AMTD74.8km) IsisRiveratBruceHighway(AMTD 22.7km) IsisRiver atri 19 GregoryRiveratBurrumHighway (AMTD47.9km) 18 GregoryRiveratrivermouth(AMTD 0.0km) 17 ElliottRiveratEllio 16 ElliottRiver atri 15 Kolan RiveratBucca We 14 KolanRiver atrive 13 ThreeMoon CreekatAbercorn(AMTD13.1km) 12 RiveratEidsvold(AMTD291.1km) Burnett 11 River atGlenwood(AMTD37.9km) Auburn 10 Stuart RiveratProston 9 RiveratDerra(AMTD6.4km) Boyne 8 CreekatStonelands(AMTD 90.3km) Barambah 7 CreekatBan(AMTD35.1km) Barambah 6 RiveratGayndahflume(AMTD201.3km) Burnett 5 River Burnett atFigtr 4 River Burnett atriver mouth(AMTD0.0km) 3 2 Location 1 Node Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water ver mouth(AMTD0.0km) ver mouth(AMTD0.0km) r mouth(AMTD0.0km) tt gaugingstation(AMTD17.0km) ee gaugingstation(AMTD119km) 43 Rifle Range(AMTD24.1km) ir Tailwater(AMTD37.9km) section 18

at2Nodes for groundwater Part 2 5ElliottRiver(site2) ElliottRiver(site1) GregoryRiver (site2) 35 GregoryRiver (site1) 34 Location33 32 Node vegetation Riparian Foley(site2) Foley(site1) Meadowvale (site2) 31 Meadowvale (site1) 30 NorthGregory-IsisHighway(site 2) 29 NorthGregory-IsisHighway(site 1) 28 MoorePark (site2) 27 MoorePark (site1) 26 PasturageReserve(site2) 25 PasturageReserve(site1) 24 Tantitha-Whymere (site2) 23 Tantitha-Whymere (site1) 22 21 Location 20 Node Terrestrial vegetation Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water Schedule 4(continued) 44

2ElliottHeads(site2) ElliottHeads(site1) PasturageReserve(site2) 42 MoorePark (site2) 41 MoorePark (site1) 40 Tantitha-Whymere (site2) 39 Tantitha-Whymere (site1) 38 Location37 36 Node Wetlands Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water Schedule 4(continued) 45

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at1Low flow objectives Part 1 Environmental flow objectives Schedule 5 Table 1 Table 632–68 24–60 2–26 2–20 2–26 2–26 44–80 10–46 46–82 16 2–32 15 2–34 14 2–20 13 2–20 12 2–26 11 2–20 10 2–18 9 8 Min–Max% 7 6 2 Column 5 4 3 2 1 Node 1 Column At eachnodementionedintable1,columnthepercentage 1 and maximumpercentagesstatedforthenode. daily flowislessthan2ML of thetotalnumberdaysin Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 49 should bebetweentheminimum thesimulationperiodwhen the section 19

Table 2 Table 52 94 31 2 0 0 12 10 23 0 11 19 1 20 12 4 21 14 167 100 18 7 25 218 68 117 34 20 12 73 57 38 22 23 58 82 41 31 49 125 87 53 135 102 36 135 49 59 158 167 24 62 1692020742100001 33 242 54 201 21 15 60 305 423 326 45 44 109 14 550 585 50 359 13 45 780 59 518 12 22 621 11 244 63 25 140 10132100000001 789 60 59 101 370 781171024426231749 212 75 84 109 195 84124000000000 137 126 72 208 72324169666446718 154 144 157 255 126 208 124133923313141266 408 280 403 5 539 315 828 520 185214211130778474495164691434 1108 583 2 Column 976 1154 3 1519 1313 50% daily flow exceedence(ML/day) 2 1 Node 1 Column 1646 5 3 152865 6 Column 1 Column 2 Column 1 Column 940–76 6–42 2–38 19 18 17 a e a p a u u u etOtNvDec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan At eachnodementionedinta 2 number ofdaysinthemonthsimulationperiod. equalled orexceededbetwee flow exceedencestatedforeachmonththenode shouldbe Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water Schedule 5(continued) 50 ble 2,column1,the50%daily n 32%and68%ofthetotal

Table 3 Table Column 1 Column 2 Column 50% daily flow exceedence(ML/day) Node 1 Column 21 04 255310013 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 5 5 5 6 12 18 41 15000000000000 71 58 40 14003445443210 15 57 132 11 133491013121197432 11 14 12 28 9 11 15 12 10000000000000 13 16 9000000000000 23 17 28 8000000000000 19 7223111100011 38 28 49 6484211100012 76 121215121095 73 110 23191711109 163 2 Column 4 10 92 1835164 191 3 12 90% daily flow exceedence(ML/day) 4 173 2 5 16 2 1 0 1 210 13 3 2 10 89 977 Node 3 3 1076 1 Column 4 6 11 89 7 6 7 7 9 13 16 24 30 28 18 19034312200000 35 22 18 17 a e a p a u u u etOtNvDec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan a e a p a u u u etOtNvDec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan At eachnodementionedin ta 3 number ofdaysinthemonthsimulationperiod. equalled orexceededbetween72%and100%ofthetotal flow exceedencestatedforeachmonththenode shouldbe Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water Schedule 5(continued) 51 ble 3,column1,the90%daily

Table 4 Table Column 1 Column 2 Column 1900000000000018133100000000 90% daily flow exceedence(ML/day) 1724420000000016000000000000Node 1 Column 62–42–31 2–37 2–31 22–58 3–39 7–43 28–64 24–60 70–98 32–68 18–54 36–72 48–84 35–71 15–51 52–88 66–98 54–90 16 76–98 14 76–98 Min–Max% 10 64–98 9 3 Column 76–98 8 7 Min–Max% 6 5 2 Column 4 3 2 Node 1 Column a e a p a u u u etOtNvDec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan At eachnode mentioned intable4,column1— 4 b low flow exceedence duration(30cmabove (b) low flow exceedence duration(10cmabove (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water maximum percentagesstatedforthenodeincolumn3. cease-to-flow) shouldbe betweentheminimumand and maximum percentagesstatedforthenodeincolumn2; cease-to-flow) shouldbe betweentheminimumand Schedule 5(continued) 52

Table 5 Table Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 2 Column 1 Column 85 – – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–6 0–0 2–6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 18–53 0–3 25–72 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–6 Min–Max 7 11–33 6 0–5 Min–Max 5 0–2 5 Column 4 Min–Max 3 4 Column 2 Min–Max 3 Column 1 2 Column Node 1 Column 2–25 2–30 16–52 50–86 19 18 At eachnode mentioned intable5,column1— 5 d the numberofperiodsno (d) the numberofperiodsno (c) b the numberofperiodsno (b) a the numberofperiodsno (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water and maximumnumberstatedforthenodeincolumn5. the simulationperiodshould and and maximumnumberstatedforthenodeincolumn4; the simulationperiodshould and and maximumnumberstatedforthenodeincolumn3; the simulationperiodshould and and maximumnumberstatedforthenodeincolumn2; the simulationperiodshould Schedule 5(continued) 53 flow ofatleast9months in flow ofatleast6months in flow ofatleast3months in flow ofatleast1monthin be betweentheminimum be betweentheminimum be betweentheminimum be betweentheminimum

Part 2 Medium tohighflow Medium objectives Part 2 282 – – 0–0 0–0 6–18 0–0 0–0 0–3 15–45 0–0 4–12 0–2 38–109 0–2 0–3 0–0 8–24 100–289 7–20 3–9 8–23 9–25 26–75 5 104–300 Column 19 50–145 12 4 Column 109–315 11 3 Column 10 9 2 Column 8 1 Column .1 Ateachnode mentioned intable6,column1— 1.(1) e the 20 yearaverage recurrence interval daily flow (e) the 5yearaverage recurrence interval dailyflow volume (d) the 1.5yearaverage recu (c) the meanannualflow, expre (b) the annualproporti (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water column 6. must beatleast 20 yearARIforthepre-development flow sequence, ( volume least thepercentagestatedfo ARI forthepre-development flow sequence,mustbeat ( column 4;and must beatleast 1.5 yearARIforthepre- ( volume node incolumn3;and sequence, mustbeatleastth mean annualflow forth less thantheAPFDstatedfornodeincolumn2;and 5 yearARI Schedule 5(continued) 1.5 yearARI 20 yearARI ), expressed asapercen 54 the percentagestatedfornodein the percentagestatedfornodein onal flow deviation ( ), expressed asapercentageofthe ), expressed asapercentageofthe development flow sequence, rrence interval dailyflow ssed asapercentage ofthe r thenodeincolumn5;and e percentagestatedforthe e pre-development flow tage ofthe5year APFD ) mustbe

Table 6 Table . 16 182 100 82 71 63 100 71 71 82 52 66 82 62 99 82 71 69 82 81 71 37 99 71 51 81 71 74 2.3 69 71 0.1 62 74 2.0 79 52 2.9 81 9 2.7 81 8 2.0 72 7 2.0 6 2.1 5 2.2 4 3 2 1 Node Column 1 2 Also, ateach node mentionedintable6,column1— (2) e the extent to whichth (e) the extent towhichth (d) the extent to whichth (c) the extent to whichthemeanannualflow expressed asa (b) the extent towhichtheAP (a) APFD Column 2 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water flow sequenceislessthan82%shouldbeminimised. percentage ofthe20yearARIforpre-development and flow sequenceislessthan71%shouldbeminimised; percentage ofthe5year and flow sequenceislessthan74%shouldbeminimised; percentage ofthe1.5year be minimised;and pre-development flow sequenc percentage ofthe mean annual flow forthe minimised; and Schedule 5(continued) % flow annual Mean Column 3 55 % ARI 1.5 year Column 4 e 1.5yearARIexpressed as a e 20yearARIexpressed asa e 5yearARIexpressed asa ARI forthepre-development ARI forthepre-development FD ismorethan2shouldbe e islessthan81%should % 5 year ARI Column 5 % 20 year ARI Column 6

9208 47 82 100 100 71 100 100 100 100 100 100 74 100 100 99 66 100 99 58 81 100 99 80 99 69 95 98 70 85 2.0 99 56 74 0.1 96 67 0.2 87 72 0.1 19 85 66 0.4 18 78 1.0 17 76 1.1 16 75 2.1 15 2.0 14 2.3 13 12 11 10 Node Column 1 At eachofthefollowingnode 3 The flowregime class at each node must be maintained as 2 e node 17—99%. (e) node 15—97%; (d) node 13—90%; (c) node 11—77%; (b) node 1—79%; (a) percentage statedforthenode— pre-development flowsequenc expressed asapercen ‘late summer’flowregimeclass. APFD Column 2 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water Schedule 5(continued) % flow annual Mean Column 3 tage ofthemeanwe 56 % ARI 1.5 year Column 4 s themeanwetseasonflow, e, mustbeatleastthe % 5 year ARI Column 5 t seasonflow forthe % 20 year ARI Column 6

at3Groundwater-dependent Part 3 Table 7 Table oe arma 3800 4200 1800 Fairymead 8600 Elliott-Gregory Column3 Burnett-Elliott Kolan-Burnett Lower Column 2 Upper Volume (ML) Upper Groundwater sub-area Upper Groundwater unit Column 1 The simulatedaverageco 1 At eachnode mentioned intable8,column1— 2 for thegroundwatersub-area. column 2,isatleastthevolumest discharge foragroundwatersub- d any period, expressed asa (d) minimise theextent towhic (c) the simulatedaverage depthtothewatertable isnot (b) minimise theextent towhichthesimulatedaverage (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water percentage statedincolumn4ofthetablefor node. node incolumn3ofthetableisnotmorethan the the watertable ismore than period forgroundwater, forwh in column3ofthetablesimulationperiod; and watertable ismorethanth of thetable;and more thanthedistancestatedfornodeincolumn3 for thenodeincolumn2oftable;and depth tothewatertable is morethan the distance stated Schedule 5(continued) ecosystem objectives 57 astal submarinegroundwater e distancestatedforthenode percentage ofthesimulation ated incolumn3 ofthetable h thesimulateddepthto thedistancestatedfor area mentionedintable7, ich thesimulateddepthto

Table 8 Table 220 .00 2.83 0 0 2.50 0 6.99 0 2.50 8.58 2.50 0 2.00 2.50 8.42 6.49 6.87 8.33 2.00 2.50 7.08 2.00 2.88 2.00 42 0 1.71 6.37 41 0 4.14 2.50 2.00 40 6.26 0.50 2.13 39 11.99 0.33 0.96 38 17.64 3.39 37 0 3.64 0 5.01 36 4.14 0 10.24 35 3.64 0 15.89 34 15.35 0 1.89 33 5.75 0 2.39 32 3.24 1.00 2.89 31 4.44 13.60 30 9.94 4.50 29 10.85 2.49 28 3.69 3.69 27 8.19 26 9.10 25 Column 4 2.94 24 23 Column 3 22 21 20 Column 2 node Groundwater Column 1 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water itne()Maximum distance (m) Schedule 5(continued) 58 distance (m) distance simulation period simulation of Percentage

at1Supplemented water Part 1 Water allocationsecurity Schedule 6 ()Forwaterallocationsina 2(1) 2 Also, forwaterallocationsin (2) For waterallocationsinahighprioritygroup 1 e Upper Burnettwater projectarea—95%. (e) Three MoonCreekwater projectarea—90%; (d) Bundaberg water projectarea—95%; (c) Boyne River water projectarea—90%; (b) Barker–Barambah wa (a) than thepercentagestatedfo supplemented watersharinginde following waterprojectareas, Upper Burnettwater projectarea—90%. (d) Bundaberg water projectarea—90%; (c) Boyne River water projectarea—73%; (b) Barker–Barambah wa (a) for thearea— index fortheallocationsmustbe following waterprojectareas,th the extent towhichthesupplemented water sharing (b) the supplementedwater sharingindex mustbeatleast (a) area— project Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water index islessthan100%shouldbeminimised. 95%; and objectives 59 ter projectarea—90%; ter projectarea—85%; r theareashouldbeminimised— medium prioritygroupinthe a mediumprioritygroupinthe e supplemented watersharing atleastthepercentagestated theextent towhich the x fortheallocationsisless section 23

at2Unsupplemented water Part 2 Table 1 Table 0 112 111 107 111 114 114 106 118 108 131 107 105 110 110 107 114 106 127 111 O 106 N 105 108 M 104 113 113 L 116 K J 113 113 I 107 H % 3 Column G 111 F E D 2 Column C B % A Subcatchment area 1 Column For allwaterallocationsfor 1 b for thegroupofotherallo (b) for thegroupofallo (a) unsupplemented watersharing subcatchment areamentionedintable1,columnthe30% Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water in table1,column3,forthesubcatchmentarea. the subcatchment area;and irrigated—the percentagestat authorisations thatstat Schedule 6(continued) 60 taking unsupplementedwaterina ed theareasthatmaybe index mustbemorethan— cations—the percentagestated cations converted from ed intable1,column2,for

Table 2 Table 6106 107 96 95 I H % 3 Column G9797F9691E9791D9692 2 Column C9695B9592 % A9496Subcatchment area 112 1 Column 113 118 136 106 109 117 % 3 Column 106 S 2 Column R Q % P Subcatchment area 1 Column For allwaterallocations for 2 b for thegroupofotherallo (b) for thegroupofallo (a) unsupplemented watersharing subcatchment areamentionedintable2,column1,the50% Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water in table2,column3,forthesubcatchmentarea. the subcatchment area;and irrigated—the percentagestat authorisations thatstat Schedule 6(continued) 61 taking unsupplementedwaterina ed theareasthatmaybe index mustbemorethan— cations—the percentagestated cations converted from ed intable2,columnfor

Table 3 Table ucthetae % 3 Column 2 Column C8287B8174 % A7782Subcatchment area 101 1 Column 97 94 110 101 102 97 100 101 101 98 103 97 98 S 98 R Q % 97 3 Column P O N M9997 2 Column L K9896 % J Subcatchment area 1 Column For allwaterallocations for 3 b for thegroupofotherallo (b) for thegroupofallo (a) unsupplemented watersharing subcatchment areamentionedintable3,column1,the70% Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water in table3,columnforthesubcatchmentarea. the subcatchment area;and irrigated—the percentagestat authorisations thatstat Schedule 6(continued) 62 taking unsupplementedwaterina ed theareasthatmaybe index mustbemorethan— cations—the percentagestated cations converted from ed intable3,column2,for

at3Groundwater intheCoastal Part 3 S8489R8785Q8284P8646O8489N8988M8485L7891K8883 % 3 Column J8683I8280H8962G8786 2 Column F8081E7680 % D7462Subcatchment area 1 Column sub-area mentionedintable4,column1— For water allocationsfortakinggroundwater inagroundwater Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water Schedule 6(continued) management area Burnett groundwater 63

Table 4 Table arma 36 61 54 56 52 13362 55 1644 Column 3 4555 Fairymead 25139 Farnsfield 20125 Elliott-Gregory Column 2 Burnett-Elliott Kolan-Burnett Simulated nominal Groundwater sub-area Column 1 b the simulated nominal volume probability is atleast the (b) the simulated nominalvolume is notmore than the (a) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water groundwater sub-area. percentage stated incolumn 3ofthe tableforthe groundwater sub-area;and volume stated incolumn 2ofthe tableforthe Schedule 6(continued) volume volume 64 volume probability—% nominal Simulated

ceue7Rates andpumpsizes Schedule 7 0 184 132 65.8 86.4 55.0 35.0 43.2 30.0 25.9 800 19.0 660 12.9 600 to610 10.0 500 8.2 450 5.6 375 to400 4.0 350 2.2 300 1.05 250 0.69 200 150 125 100 Rate(ML/day) 80 65 50 40 32 Pump (mm) size Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 65 section 31(b)

ceue8Volumes for simulated mean Schedule 8 0 1200 900 1790 2130 2680 600 140 2150 1090 192 5260 440 1580 905 730 1530 9410 S1010 400 1180 R 5290 90 Q 6560 1530 P 3490 2290 O 3500 N 2480 2980 200 M 1230 990 L 3730 K 7240 J 11200 I ML 1130 H 3560 3 Column G F E D 2 Column ML C B A Subcatchment 1 Column Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water annual diversions 66 section 32(2)and(3)

ceue9Dictionary Schedule 9 a for thegroupofallocations (a) subcatchment area,means— water allocationsfortaki 50% unsupplementedwater sharingindex month inthesimulationperiod. megalitres, that isequalledor 50% dailyflow exceedence for thegroupofotherallo (b) for thegroupofallocations (a) subcatchment area,means— water allocationsfortaki 30% unsupplementedwater sharingindex reached atleastonceayear. the dailyflowvolumethatha 20 yearaverage recurrencein reached atleastonceayear. the dailyflowvolumethatha 5 yearaverage recurrencein being reachedatleastonceayear. means thedailyflowvolumeth 1.5 yearaverage recurrencein Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water annual diversion, forallthos may beirrigated—the percen converted fromauthorisations at least30%ofyearsinthesimulationperiod. diversion, forallthoseallocat area—the percentageof and occur inatleast30%ofye annual diversion, forallthos may beirrigated—the percen converted fromauthorisations 67 ng unsupplementedwaterina ng unsupplementedwaterina , foramonth,meanstheflow,in exceeded on50%ofdaysinthe terval dailyflow volume terval dailyflow volume s a20%probabilityofbeing s a5%probabilityofbeing the simulatedmeanannual at hasa67% cations inthesubcatchment ars in the simulationperiod; inthesubcatchmentarea inthesubcatchmentarea terval dailyflow volume e allocations,calculated to e allocations,calculatedto tage ofthe simulated mean tage ofthe simulated mean ions, calculatedtooccurin thatstatedtheareas thatstatedtheareas , foragroupof , foragroupof probability of section 3 means means

Technical Reports’publis of ‘FitzroyBasinWaterAllocat proportional flowdeviationdesc simulation periodcalculated measure ofchangestoflo annual proportionalflow deviation watercourse. the watercourse’smouthor watercourse, thatasp distance inkilometres,meas AMTD more than2500µS/cm. electrical conductivity atpartic affected byseawater intrusion month inthesimulationperiod. megalitres, that isequalledor 90% dailyflow exceedence for thegroupofotherallo (b) for thegroupofallocations (a) subcatchment area,means— water allocationsfortaki 70% unsupplementedwater sharingindex b for thegroupofotherallo (b) Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water at least70%ofyearsinthesimulationperiod. diversion, forallthoseallocat area—the percentageof and occur inatleast70%ofye annual diversion, forallthos may beirrigated—the percen converted fromauthorisations at least50%ofyearsinthesimulationperiod. diversion, forallthoseallocat area—the percentageof and occur inatleast50%ofye meanstheadoptedmiddleth Schedule 9(continued) ecific pointinthewatercourseisfrom 68 hed bythedepartment. ng unsupplementedwaterina , foramonth,meanstheflow,in w seasonandvolumeinthe exceeded on90%ofdaysinthe using theformulaforannual ured alongthemiddleofa meansthearithmeticmeanof ion andManagementPlanning junction withthemain ular depthsinanaquiferis the simulatedmeanannual the simulatedmeanannual cations inthesubcatchment cations inthesubcatchment ars in the simulationperiod; ars in the simulationperiod; ribed inTechnicalReport5 inthesubcatchmentarea e allocations,calculatedto tage ofthe simulated mean ions, calculatedtooccurin ions, calculatedtooccurin thatstatedtheareas read distancewhichisthe meansthestatistical , foragroupof classification ofriverreg A.T., Finlayson,B.L.andMcMahon,T.A., ‘Aglobal seasonality workedout using flow regimeclass habitat areaunderthe habitatarea fish For item 1,theBundaberg 2 The 1 extension area removing groundwater fromso (b) draining, eitherpermanentlyortemporarily, overland (a) dewatering purposes downstream ofthe dam. water releasesfromadamfo expressed asaperformancei compensation flow objective commencement movement ofwater below model developed usingthecodeMODFLOW thatsimulates groundwater flow model Coastal Burnettground 18A. Coastal Burnettgroundwater managementarea a permitforstockordomesticpurposes. take watergivenundertheActor authorisation Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 2002, to beasubartesianareaunderthe Bundaberg subartesianar Bundaberg subartesianarea. commencement ofthisde groundwater managementarea that, atthe waterlogged. flow water fromland;or extension area Schedule 9(continued) section 102. meansalicence, permit — meansthecommencementofthisplan. meansanareathatisdeclaredtobeafish means the measure offlowregime means— Fisheries Act1994 69 imes. AppliedGeography, 1988’. isthepartofCoastalBurnett meansthedepartment’s computer the surface oftheland. meansanobjectivethatmaybe water projectnumerical ndicator fortheprovisionof ea onplanAP10062,declared r stockordomesticpurposes the method statedinHaines, therepealedAct,otherthan subartesianareaisthe finition, isnotinthe ils orsedimentsthatare or otherauthorityto . Water Regulation seesection watercourse. is atleast30cmabovethe days inthesimulation periodth a watercourse,meansthepercen low flow exceedence duration(30cmabove cease-to-flow) watercourse. is atleast10cmabovethe days inthesimulation periodth a watercourse,meansthepercen low flow exceedence duration(10cmabove cease-to-flow) under section18B(1)(b). lower groundwater unit a licenceunderthe (b) a water licence; or (a) licence demands andotherhydrologiceventsintheplanarea. releases, instreaminfrastruct simulate daily streamflows, associated statisticalanalys Quantity andQualityModellingcomputerprogram, IQQM computerprogram dissolved saltsbelow thesurface oftheland. MODHMS thatsimulates movement department’s computermode instructional seawater intrusionmodel groundwater unit section 18B(2)or(3). sub-area groundwater groundwater. affected by thepermanentortemporarypresenceof groundwater-dependent ecosystems 20A. groundwater-dependent ecosystemobjectives groundwater Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water means— Schedule 9(continued) meansunderground water. seesection18B(1). 70 meansagroundwater sub-areaunder Water Resources Act1989 means thelower groundwater unit means the department’s Integrated is andreportingprograms,that flowmanagement,storages, ure, waterdiversions, water l developed usingthecode at thewatercourse’sdailyflow at thewatercourse’sdailyflow cease-to-flow levelinthe cease-to-flow levelinthe tage ofthetotalnumber tage ofthetotalnumber ofwater andtransferof meansecosystems meansthe seesection . for for

seawater intrusion to implementthisplan. resource operationsplan the simulationperiod. period forgroundwater divided instructional seawater intrusion model forthesimulation the areaaffected by seawate simulated average areaaffect seawater intrusionobjective aquifers thatcontainfreshwater. no water was taken underlicen (b) there wereno dams orother water infrastructure inthe (a) simulation periodasif— calculated usingtheIQQMcomputerprogramfor pre-development flow sequence plan areamap schedule 1. area plan a permitunder section56or57ofthe (b) a water permit;or (a) permit node ML megalitre divided bythenumberofyearsinsimulationperiod. the monthsofJanuarytoMar mean wet flow season simulation period. simulation perioddividedbyth mean annualflow means megalitre. Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water seesection18. area. plan area;and Act 1989 means— means1millionlitres. meanstheareashown as Schedule 9(continued) . meansthemapinschedule1. meansmovement ofseawater inlandinto means the total volumeofflowinthe meansthetotalvolumeofflowduring 71 meanstheresourceoperations plan see section20C. ed byseawater intrusion r intrusionsimulated by the ch inthesimulationperiod by thenumberofmonths in means the stream flows stream meansthe e numberofyearsinthe the planareaonmapin ces orpermitsintheplan Water Resources means coast. on continentalmargins fromthe submarine groundwater discharge subcatchment area for groundwater—from 1Ja (b) for surface water—from1 July1890to30June1997; or (a) simulation period water allocationsaresimulated tobefullysupplied. groundwater sub-area,inwhichthenominal volumes forthe groundwater, calculatedforthe percentage ofthenumberye to takegroundwater inagr simulated nominalvolume probability years inthesimulationperiod. groundwater, calculatedmonthl groundwater sub-areain volume ofwater taken under thewater allocations in the groundwater inagroundwater simulated nominalvolume simulation period. simulation perioddividedbyth taken inthesubcatchmentarea water inasubcatchmentarea, simulated meanannualdiversion vertical distance fromthesurfac simulated depthtothewatertable divided bythenumberofmonthsinsimulationperiod. the watertable inthesimulationperiodforgroundwater the simulatedvertical distances simulated average depthtothewatertable the numberofmonthsinsimulationperiod. the coastinsimulationperiodforgroundwater dividedby discharge simulated average coastalsubmarinegroundwater Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water 2004. meansthetotalsimulate Schedule 9(continued) means theperiod— seesection17(1). 72 , oundwater sub-area,meansthe means the totalvolume ofwater for waterallocationstotake the simulation period for ars inthesimulationperiodfor under theauthorisationsin from thesurface ofthelandto e ofthelandtowatertable. y, divided bythenumberof nuary 1905to31December sea bedtotheoceanat e numberofyearsinthe sub-area, meansthetotal d groundwater discharge to , forauthorisationstotake water allocationsinthe meanstheflow ofwater meansthesimulated , forwater allocations meansthesumof

Editor’s note Replacement Bores. meaning of theCodeforSe works beingreplaced,area works replacingworks water projectarea another authority tooperate water infrastructure for the (c) a resourceoperationslicence;or (b) an interimresource (a) water operator infrastructure watercourse. watercourse thatiswithinth after thewatercourseceasestofl waterhole under section18B(1)(a). upper groundwater unit supplemented water. unsupplemented water surface water simulated tobefullysupplied. priority groupinthearea, simulation period,calculatedfor median ofthepercentagesnumbermonthsin particular prioritygroupina supplemented water sharingindex licence orotherauthoritytooperateinfrastructure. interim resource operations supplemented water groundwater discharge from and seagrasscommunities,th ocean ecosystem, including,for submarine groundwater discharge system A copy the code isavailableof thedepartment’son website. Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan Plan 2000 Basin) (Burnett Resource Water management ofwater inawater projectarea. meansapartofwatercoursethatcontainswater — Schedule 9(continued) seesection5(1). seesection16(1). meanssurface water suppliedunderan 73 means works that,in relation tothe meanssurface water thatisnot operations licence;or means theuppergroundwater unit terrestrial freshwater. e storageareaofadamonthe licence,resource operations meanstheholderof— water projectarea,meansthe lf-assessable Development of replacement borewithinthe whichtheallocationsare at dependsonsubmarine each waterallocationinthe example, estuarinesystems ow, other thanapartof , forwater allocations ina meansacoastal 74 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

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Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated...... 74 3 Key ...... 74 4 Table of reprints ...... 75 5 Tables in earlier reprints...... 75 6 List of legislation ...... 75 7 List of annotations ...... 76

2 Date to which amendments incorporated

This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 18 December 2009. Future amendments of the Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49.

3Key

Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations

Key Explanation Key Explanation AIA = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (prev) = previously amd = amended proc = proclamation amdt = amendment prov = provision ch = chapter pt = part def = definition pubd = published div = division R[X] = Reprint No. [X] exp = expires/expired RA = Reprints Act 1992 gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading renum = renumbered ins = inserted rep = repealed lap = lapsed (retro) = retrospectively notfd = notified rv = revised edition num = numbered s = section o in c = order in council sch = schedule om = omitted sdiv = subdivision orig = original SIA = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 p = page SIR = Statutory Instruments Regulation 2002 para = paragraph SL = subordinate legislation prec = preceding sub = substituted pres = present unnum = unnumbered prev = previous 75 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

4 Table of reprints

Reprints are issued for both future and past effective dates. For the most up-to-date table of reprints, see the reprint with the latest effective date. If a reprint number includes a letter of the alphabet, the reprint was released in unauthorised, electronic form only. Reprint Amendments to Effective Reprint date No. 1 none 15 December 2000 15 January 2001 1A 2001 Act No. 32 (amd 7 June 2001 11 January 2002 2001 Act No. 101)

Reprint Amendments included Effective Notes No. 1B rv 2005 SL No. 264 4 November 2005 1C rv 2006 SL No. 49 31 March 2006 1D 2007 SL No. 298 30 November 2007 R1D withdrawn, see R2 2 — 30 November 2007 2A 2009 SL No. 280 18 December 2009

5 Tables in earlier reprints

Name of table Reprint No. Corrected minor errors 1

6 List of legislation

Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000 SL No. 359 approved by the Governor in Council on 14 December 2000 notfd gaz 15 December 2000 pp 1478–83 commenced on date of notification exp 1 September 2011 (see SIA s 54) Note—The expiry date may have changed since this reprint was published. See the latest reprint of the SIR for any change. amending legislation— Water Infrastructure Development (Burnett Basin) Act 2001 No. 32 (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below) date of assent 19 December 2001 commenced on date of assent amending legislation— 76 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

Water Infrastructure Development (Burnett Basin) Amendment Act 2001 No. 101 (amends 2001 No. 32 above) date of assent 19 December 2001 commenced on date of assent Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2005 SL No. 264 notfd gaz 4 November 2005 pp 869–70 commenced on date of notification Note—An explanatory note was prepared Water Resource (Great Artesian Basin) Plan 2006 SL No. 49 s 1, pt 7 div 2 notfd gaz 31 March 2006 pp 1282–5 commenced on date of notification Note—An explanatory note was prepared Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2007 SL No. 298 notfd gaz 30 November 2007 pp 1824–6 commenced on date of notification Note—An explanatory note was prepared Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 SL No. 280 ss 1–2, pt 9 div 34 notfd gaz 27 November 2009 pp 1001–6 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 18 December 2009 (see s 2)

7 List of annotations

Water to which plan applies s 5 sub 2006 SL No. 49 s 46 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 3 General outcomes s 6 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 4; 2007 SL No. 298 s 4 Ecological outcomes for plan area s 7 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 5 Burnett River basin and Burnett River s 11 amd 2001 No. 32 s 10B (as ins 2001 No. 101 s 4) Coastal Burnett groundwater management area s 13A ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 6 Subdivision 1—Assessing consistency with objectives sdiv 1 (ss 14–15) sub 2007 SL No. 298 s 7 Nodes s 18 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 8 Subdivision 3—Groundwater units and groundwater sub-areas for Coastal Burnett groundwater management area sdiv 3 (ss 18A–18C) ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 9 77 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

Subdivision 1—Surface water sdiv hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 10 Objectives s 19 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 11 Performance indicators s 20 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 12 Subdivision 2—Groundwater sdiv 2 (ss 20A–20D) ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 13 Objectives s 23 amd 2005 SL No. 264 ss 3, 4; 2007 SL No. 298 s 14 Performance indicators s 24 amd 2005 SL No. 264 ss 3, 4; 2007 SL No. 298 s 15 Division 1—General strategies for achieving outcomes div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 16 Decisions about managing or allocating water s 25 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 17 Matters chief executive must consider s 26 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 4; 2007 SL No. 298 s 18 Division 2—Strategies for achieving outcomes (surface water) div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 19 Division 3—Strategies for achieving outcomes (groundwater) div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 Decision not to increase amount of groundwater taken in Coastal Burnett groundwater management area s 30A ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 Restriction on taking or interfering with groundwater s 30B ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 Taking or interfering with groundwater, other than for stock or domestic purposes, using existing works in extension area s 30C ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 Taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using existing works s 30D ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 Restriction on taking groundwater for stock or domestic purposes using new works s 30E ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 Relationship with Sustainable Planning Act 2009 prov hdg amd 2009 SL No. 280 s 160(1) s 30F ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 20 amd 2009 SL No. 280 s 160(2)–(3) Division 4—Authorisations and water allocations div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 21 78 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

Subdivision 1—Surface water sdiv hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 21 Maximum daily rates for taking surface water prov hdg amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 22(1) s 31 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 22(2) Annual volumes of surface water that may be taken prov hdg amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 23(1) s 32 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 3; 2007 SL No. 298 s 23(2) Authorisation to take surface water converted to water allocation prov hdg sub 2007 SL No. 298 s 24(1) s 34 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 3; 2007 SL No. 298 s 24(2) Subdivision 2—Groundwater sdiv 2 (ss 34A–34C) ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 25 Division 5—Miscellaneous div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 26 Unallocated water in plan area s 37 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 27 Continued effect of moratorium notice—Act, s 46(3) s 37A ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 28 Division 6—Implementing this plan div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 29 Amending resource operations plan s 39A ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 30 Division 1—Surface water div hdg ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 31 Monitoring for surface water prov hdg sub 2007 SL No. 298 s 32(1) s 40 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 32(2) Division 2—Groundwater div 2 (s 42A) ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 33 Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57 s 44 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 34 SCHEDULE 2—WATER PROJECT AREAS Barker–Barambah water project area s 1 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 5(1) Boyne River water project area s 2 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 5(2) Bundaberg water project area s 3 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 5(3)–(4) Three Moon Creek water project area s 4 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 5(5) 79 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000

Upper Burnett water project area s 5 amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 5(6)–(7) SCHEDULE 4—NODES sch hdg sub 2007 SL No. 298 s 35(1) sch 4 amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 35(2) SCHEDULE 4A—COASTAL BURNETT GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 36 SCHEDULE 4B—GROUNDWATER SUB-AREAS FOR UPPER GROUNDWATER UNIT ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 36 SCHEDULE 4C—GROUNDWATER SUB-AREA FOR LOWER GROUNDWATER UNIT ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 36 SCHEDULE 5—ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES amd 2001 No. 32 s 10C (as ins 2001 No. 101 s 4); 2007 SL No. 298 s 37 SCHEDULE 6—WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES amd 2005 SL No. 264 ss 3, 4; 2007 SL No. 298 s 38 SCHEDULE 7—RATES AND PUMP SIZES amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 6 SCHEDULE 8—VOLUMES FOR SIMULATED MEAN ANNUAL DIVERSIONS amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 39 SCHEDULE 9—DICTIONARY def “30% unsupplemented water sharing index” amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 4 def “50% unsupplemented water sharing index” amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 4 def “70% unsupplemented water sharing index” amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 4 def “affected by seawater intrusion” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “Coastal Burnett groundwater management area” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “Coastal Burnett groundwater project numerical groundwater flow model” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “dewatering purposes” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “extension area” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “groundwater” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “groundwater-dependent ecosystem objectives” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “groundwater-dependent ecosystems” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “groundwater sub-area” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “groundwater unit” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “instructional seawater intrusion model” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “lower groundwater unit” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “plan area” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “regulated water” om 2005 SL No. 264 s 7(1) def “resource operations plan” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “seawater instrusion” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) 80 Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000 def “seawater instrusion objective” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulated average area affected by seawater instrusion” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulated average coastal submarine groundwater discharge” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulated average depth to the watertable” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulated depth to the watertable” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulated nominal volume” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulated nominal volume probability” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “simulation period” amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 7(3) sub 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(1)–(2) def “submarine groundwater discharge” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “submarine groundwater discharge system” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “supplemented water” ins 2005 SL No. 264 s 7(2) amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(3) def “supplemented water sharing index” amd 2005 SL No. 264 s 3 def “surface water” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “unregulated water” om 2005 SL No. 264 s 7(1) def “unsupplemented water” ins 2005 SL No. 264 s 7(2) amd 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(4) def “upper groundwater unit” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2) def “works replacing works” ins 2007 SL No. 298 s 40(2)