Water Plan (Cooper Creek) 2011

The nominal entitlement for an amended water licence to take water is—

for an existing water licence that states the volume of water that may be taken in a period of 12 months—the stated volume; or

for an existing water licence with the purpose of irrigation that states an area that may be irrigated—the volume in megalitres calculated by multiplying the area in hectares by 16; or

for another existing water licence—the volume decided by the chief executive having regard to the following—

the maximum rate of take for taking water under the existing water licence determined under section 28;

the conditions under which water may be taken under the existing water licence determined under section 31;

the annual volumes of water estimated by the chief executive to have been taken under the existing water licence during a period, of not more than 10 years, immediately before the commencement of this plan;

the efficiency of the use of the water mentioned in subparagraph (iii).

Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if an existing water licence states a volume of water that may be taken in a period of 12 months and an area that may be irrigated.

If an existing water licence states a volume of water that may be taken in a period of 12 months and an area that may be irrigated, then the nominal entitlement is the volume of water that may be taken in a period of 12 months as stated on the existing water licence.