The picture can't bee ddisplayed.isplayyeded Adani Infrastructure Pty Ltd Supporting Information for an Application for a Water Licence to Take Unallocated Water from the Strategic Reserve in Sub-Catchment E of the Burdekin Basin RTI Act 2009 Published on DNRME Disclosure Log 16-417 File A Page 1 of 77 Release Adani Infrastructure Pty Ltd Supporting Information for an Application for a Water Licence to Take Unallocated Water from the Strategic Reserve in Sub-Catchment E of the Burdekin Basin RTI Act 2009 Published on DNRME Disclosure Log 10 January 2017 CDM Smith Australia Pty Ltd ABN 88 152 082 936 51 Alfred St Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 Tel: +61 7 3828 6900 Fax: +61 7 3828 6999 16-417 File A Page 2 of 77 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Carmichael Coal Project Overview .......................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Project Location ............................................................................................................................... 1-3 1.1.3 Water Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 1-3 1.2 Document Purpose and Scope ..................................................................................................................... 1-6 1.3 Cross-Reference Table ..................................................................................................................................... 1-7 1.4 Reference Documents ...................................................................................................................................... 1-8 1.5 Previous Submissions ...................................................................................................................................... 1-9 1.6 The Proponent ................................................................................................................................................. 1-13 1.7 Overview of Application .............................................................................................................................. 1-14 Section 2 Relevant Legislation ........................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Sustainable Planning Act 2009 .................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Water Act 2000 ................................................................................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.1 Riverine Protection Permit ......................................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.2 Water Resource (Burdekin Basin) Plan 2007 ..................................................................... 2-2 2.2.3 Burdekin Basin Resource Operations Plan 2009 .............................................................. 2-2 2.3 Native Title Act 1993 ....................................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.4 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 ..................................................................................................... 2-4 Section 3 Existing Environment ........................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Belyando and Suttor River Systems .......................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Fish Species .......................................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Extraction Locations ......................................................................................................................................... 3-4 Section 4 Water Source, Demand and Infrastructure ............................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Water Source and Demand ............................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.2 Proposed Water Supply Strategy ................................................................................................................ 4-2 4.2.1 Efficiency of Water SupplyRTI .................................... Act 2009 ...................................................................... 4-3 4.2.2 Alternative Supply Options ......................................................................................................... 4-4 4.3 Existing and Required Infrastructure ....................................................................................................... 4-5 4.3.1 Existing Infrastructure .................................................................................................................. 4-5 4.3.2 Required North Galilee Water Scheme Infrastructure ................................................... 4-6 Section 5 PotentialPublished Effects on Surfac one WaterDNRME Resour Disclosureces .......................................................................... Log 5-1 5.1 Suttor River Flow Analysis ............................................................................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Integrated Quality and Quantity Modelling ........................................................................................... 5-2 5.3 Impact on Downstream Users and Environmental Receptors ...................................................... 5-4 5.3.1 Impact on Downstream Users ................................................................................................... 5 - 4 5.3.2 Impact on Environmental Receptors – Scartwater and Blackwater Lagoons ...... 5-9 5.4 Major Water Users ......................................................................................................................................... 5-12 5.4.1 Landowner Agreements ............................................................................................................ 5-12 5.4.2 Tenure ............................................................................................................................................... 5-13 5.5 Environmental Considerations ................................................................................................................. 5-13 5.6 Impacts on Fish Species ............................................................................................................................... 5-15 5.7 Impacts on Groundwater ............................................................................................................................ 5-15 5.8 Potential Environmental Impacts and Management Measures ................................................. 5-16 Section 6 Summary and Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 6-1 Section 7 References .............................................................................................................................................. 7-1 Water Licence Application – Supporting Information i 16-417 File A Page 3 of 77 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Belyando Junction Dam regional area ............................................................................................ 1-4 Figure 1-2 Belyando Junction extraction point, proposed water use locations, and North Galilee Water Scheme outline ................................................................................................................................................ 1-5 Figure 1-3 Belyando Junction extraction and storage location...................................................................... 1-15 Figure 4-1 Existing Belyando Junction Dam ..................................................................................................... 4-6 Figure 5-1 Estimated seasonal flows ................................................................................................................ 5-1 Figure 5-2 Extract from Burdekin ROP IQQM node diagram ........................................................................... 5-2 Figure 5-3 Burdekin Basin ROP IQQM Schematic ............................................................................................ 5-5 Figure 5-4 Node 291/292 Impact Assessment ................................................................................................. 5-7 Figure 5-5 Node 293 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................ 5-7 Figure 5-6 Node 300 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................ 5-8 Figure 5-7 Node 302 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................ 5-8 Figure 5-8 Node 303 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................ 5-9