Water Plan (Condamine and Balonne) 2019

This section applies for working out, for section 48(1)(b)(iii), the average annual volume of overland flow water that may be taken.

The chief executive must have regard to—

the catchment characteristics for the water’s catchment; and

the maximum rate, if any, worked out under section 49, at which the overland flow water may be taken; and

the maximum storage capacity, if any, worked out under section 50, of the works that may be used to store the water; and

if overland flow water taken under the water licence is to be used to irrigate crops—the pattern of usage demand for the storage for the water licence; and

the extent to which the storage for the water licence may also be used to store water taken under another authorisation; and

the other conditions applying to the water licence.

In this section—

catchment characteristics, for a catchment, means the characteristics of the catchment that affect the volume of overland flow water in the catchment, including, for example—

the area of the catchment; and

the slope of the catchment; and

the amount of rainfall that typically falls in the catchment; and

the amount and type of vegetation in the catchment.

IQQM computer program simulation means the department’s Integrated Quantity and Quality Model computer program simulation for the period 1 July 1922 to 30 June 1995.

pattern of usage demand, for a storage, means the pattern of usage from the storage worked out having regard to—

how water, stored in or by the storage, is used to grow crops; and

the planting rule for the trading zone in which the storage is located.

planting rule, for a trading zone, means the method used, in the IQQM computer program simulation, to work out the area under crops in the trading zone.

storage, for a water licence, means the works that will primarily be used to store the overland flow water taken under the water licence.