Provisions of the Burnett Basin Resource Operations Plan Taken to Be Included in the Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014–Ss
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Provisions of the Burnett Basin Resource Operations Plan taken to be included in the Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014–ss. 1259 and 1264 of the Water Act 2000. Note: This document includes a number of provisions that were previously located in the Burnett Basin Resource Operations Plan 2003. In accordance with section 1259(2)(e) of the Water Act 20001, the provisions contained in this document, including any associated attachments, are to be read as being provisions of the Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014. Despite not currently being located in the water plan, these provisions carry the same authority and are subject to the same legislative requirements as the provisions contained in the water plan. The provisions contained in this document have retained the same section numbering as that contained in the superseded Burnett Basin Resource Operations Plan 2003. However, the section numbering will change when incorporated into the water plan by the Office of Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. For clarity, cross references to sections in the Water Act 2000, Water Regulation 2016 and Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014 have been updated. Furthermore, cross references to sections in the new planning instruments, which came into effect on 6 December 2016, have also been updated. 1 On 6 December 2016, amendments to the Water Act 2000, made by the Water Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014, came into effect. This publication has been compiled by Water Policy, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. © State of Queensland, 2020 The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. 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Table of contents Chapter 2 Plan area and water to which the plan applies .......................................................... 1 2.4.1 Surface water ................................................................................................................. 1 2.9 Zones .............................................................................................................................. 1 2.9.1 Surface water .................................................................................................................. 1 2.9.2 Groundwater.................................................................................................................... 1 Groundwater zone groups .............................................................................................................. 1 Groundwater zones ......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 5 Unsupplemented surface water management ........................................................... 2 5.1 Lower Burnett and Kolan Rivers Water Management Area ............................................ 2 5.1.7 Water allocation groups .................................................................................................. 2 5.2 Upper Burnett and Nogo Rivers Water Management Area ............................................ 2 5.2.7 Water allocation groups .................................................................................................. 2 5.3 Barker Barambah Creeks Water Management Area ...................................................... 3 5.3.7 Water allocation groups .................................................................................................. 3 5.4 Boyne and Stuart Rivers Water Management Area ........................................................ 4 5.4.7 Water allocation groups .................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 6 Granting and amending water allocations, licences and resource operations licences ........................................................................................................................................ 6 6.2 Dealing with licence applications to take groundwater in the Coastal Burnett GMA .... 7 6.2.2 Applications for agricultural dewatering in the Coastal Burnett GMA ............................. 7 6.2.2.1 Granting agricultural dewatering licences ....................................................................... 7 6.2.2.2 Conditions to be stated on agricultural dewatering licences ........................................... 7 Attachments .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Map B – Supplemented Water Supply Schemes .......................................................................... 9 Map C – Unsupplemented Water Management Areas ................................................................ 10 Attachment 2.1 Zones for Water Supply Schemes ..................................................................... 11 Attachment 2.2 Zones for Water Management Areas ................................................................ 13 Attachment 2.3 Zonation of groundwater management areas .................................................... 15 Chapter 2 Plan area and water to which the plan applies 2.4.1 Surface water (1) Each of the following water supply schemes as shown on map B are the water supply schemes for this plan— • Boyne River and Tarong Water Supply Scheme; • Bundaberg Water Supply Scheme; • Barker Barambah Water Supply Scheme; • Upper Burnett Water Supply Scheme. (2) Each of the following water management areas as shown on map C are the water management areas for this plan— • Boyne and Stuart Rivers Water Management Area; • Lower Burnett and Kolan Rivers Water Management Area; • Barker Barambah Creeks Water Management Area; • Upper Burnett and Nogo Rivers Water Management Area. 2.9 Zones 2.9.1 Surface water Each of the zones are defined in Attachments 2.1 and 2.2 and shown on the maps in Sheets 2.1.1 – 2.1.20 in this document. 2.9.2 Groundwater Groundwater zone groups Each zone group in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area, defined in Attachment 2.3, consists of multiple zones. Groundwater zones Groundwater zones within the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area are defined in Attachment 2.3 and shown on maps in Sheets 2.3.3 – 2.3.11. Provisions of the Burnett Basin Resource Operations Plan taken to be included in the Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014 –ss. 1259 and 1264 of the Water Act 2000. 1 Chapter 5 Unsupplemented surface water management 5.1 Lower Burnett and Kolan Rivers Water Management Area 5.1.7 Water allocation groups The water allocation groups for unsupplemented water harvesting water allocations for the Lower Burnett and Kolan Rivers Water Management Area are detailed in table 1. Table 1: Water allocation groups Water Plan Water Allocation Flow condition Zone subcatchment Groups Class 1A Start when 2000 ML/day passing Kolan River Barrage, cease when less than 1000 ML/day Kolan AA, passing Kolan River Barrage. Kolan AB, A Class 2A Start when 3000 ML/day passing Kolan River Kolan AC, Barrage, cease when less than 1000 ML/day Kolan AD passing Kolan River Barrage. Class 3C Start when 3000 ML/day passing Ned Churchward Weir, cease when less than 1200 ML/day passing Ben Anderson Barrage. Class 4C Start when 1200 ML/day passing Ned Burnett CA, C Churchward Weir, cease when less than 1200 Burnett CB ML/day passing Ben Anderson Barrage. Class 5C Start when 86.4 ML/day passing Ben Anderson Barrage. 5.2 Upper Burnett and Nogo Rivers Water Management Area 5.2.7 Water allocation groups The water allocation groups for unsupplemented water harvesting for the Upper Burnett and Nogo Rivers Water Management Area are detailed in table 2. Provisions of the Burnett Basin Resource Operations Plan taken to be included in the Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014 –ss. 1259 and 1264 of the Water Act 2000. 2 Table 2: Water allocation groups Water Plan Water Allocation Flow condition Zone subcatchment Groups Class 7G 2000ML/day passing flow at Jones Weir. Class 8G 2000ML/day passing flow at Mt Lawless Gauging Station. Burnett GA, G 864 ML/day passing flow at Mt Lawless Gauging Class 9G Burnett GB Station. Class 14G 1037 ML/day passing flow at Mt Lawless Gauging Station. M Class 6M 1037 ML/day passing flow at Jones Weir. Auburn MA Class 6N 1037 ML/day passing flow at Jones Weir. Class 7N 2000 ML/day passing flow at Jones Weir. Class 8N 2000