Matters to be considered for water allocation change rules
29 Matters to be considered for water allocation change rules
In deciding the water allocation change rules to be included in the resource operations plan for authorisations to take surface water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive is to consider—
the implications for the availability of water under water allocations of changes to the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; and
the impact of the rules on unsupplemented water allocations, particularly as assessed under—
the 30% unsupplemented water sharing index; and
the 50% unsupplemented water sharing index; and
the 70% unsupplemented water sharing index.
In deciding the water allocation change rules to be included in the resource operations plan for authorisations to take groundwater, the chief executive is to consider—
the volume density for a locality in part of the groundwater management area relative to the availability of water in that part; and
the impact the proposed taking of groundwater would have on the following—
watercourses, lakes, springs, baseflows, waterholes, groundwater levels or areas of ecological value;
the ecological values of relevant groundwater-dependent ecosystems;
water quality;
other authorisations in the area of the proposed taking; and
existing management zones; and
for water allocations to take water in the Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme—the ability of an allocation holder to change the priority group of water allocations from medium to high B.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.
In this section—
volume density, for a locality in a part of the groundwater management area, means the total annual volumetric limits for all the water allocations in the locality divided by the area of the locality.
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