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Groundwater Management Plan
October 2012
Table of Contents
APPROVAL...... ii FOREWORD ...... iii PREFACE...... iv GLOSSARY OF TERMS...... v 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT...... 1 1.2 LOWER CAMPASPE VALLEY WSPA...... 1 1.3 DEVELOPMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES...... 1 1.4 PLAN OBJECTIVES ...... 2 2 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ...... 4 2.1 GROUNDWATER SYSTEM...... 4 2.2 GROUNDWATER USE ...... 8 2.2.1 Licensed use ...... 8 2.2.2 Domestic and stock use ...... 8 2.3 ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERATIONS...... 9 2.3.1 Groundwater salinity ...... 9 2.3.2 Groundwater interaction with surface water...... 9 2.3.3 Groundwater dependent ecosystems ...... 9 3 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ...... 12 3.1 LICENCE ENTITLEMENT...... 12 3.2 MANAGING GROUNDWATER LEVELS ...... 12 3.3 TRANSFER OF LICENCE ENTITLEMENT ...... 16 3.3.1 Trading zones...... 16 3.3.2 Groundwater level interference ...... 16 3.3.3 Intensive groundwater pumping ...... 18 3.4 CARRYOVER ...... 20 4 MONITORING PROGRAM...... 21 4.1 GROUNDWATER LEVELS ...... 21 4.2 GROUNDWATER SALINITY...... 23 4.2.1 Groundwater user salinity sampling ...... 23 4.2.2 Targeted sampling of licensed bores...... 23 4.2.3 Sampling of State observation bores ...... 23 4.3 ACCOUNTING FOR METERED USE ...... 24 5 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ...... 25 5.1 EXCLUSIONS FROM PRESCRIPTIONS ...... 25 5.2 PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ...... 25 5.3 PLAN REVIEW...... 25 5.4 IMPLEMENTATION COSTS ...... 26 5.5 FUTURE TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS ...... 26 6 REFERENCES ...... 27 7 SCHEDULE 1 – MONITORING PROGRAM ...... 28
i Approval
I, Peter Walsh, Minister for Water, approve this management plan in accordance with section 32A(6) of the Water Act 1989.
Peter Walsh MLA
Minister for Water
Date
ii Foreword
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SCALE AT A4 1:450,000 Legend 09.5194.75 © !( State Observation Bore Highway km GMW-12-081 The content of this product is provided for information purposes only. !( No claim is made as to the accuracy of authenticity of the content of the 8 June 2012 State Observation Bore (Schedule 1) Major Road product. In no event will G-MW, its agents, instrumentalities and employees GOULBURN-MURRAY WATER be liable for the accuracy of the information contained within this product 40 CASEY STREET (PO BOX 165) Waranga Western Channel Semi-Major Road nor its use of reliance placed on it. The information used within this product TATURA VIC 3616 is provided on the basis that all persons accessing the information undertake Ph (03) 5833 5500 Fax (03) 58245827 Waterway Minor Road responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. [email protected] Path: Z:\2012_Products\GMW-12-081\GMW-12-081_Monitoring Bores_v3.mxd
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27 7 Sc Schedulehedule 1 1 – MonitoringMonitorin gprogram program Groundwater levels are to be measured monthly and groundwater quality annually
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