Water Plan (Gulf) 2007

In deciding the water sharing rules to be included in the resource operations plan for authorisations to take water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive must consider—

for rules relating to supplemented surface water—

any existing water sharing rules; and

the extent to which any existing water supply arrangements are linked to the natural occurrence of streamflows; and

the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; and

for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water or groundwater—

any existing water sharing arrangements; and

the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes, bed sands or aquifers; and

the conditions for taking water decided under section 75; and

the daily volumetric limits decided under section 73; and

the annual volumetric limits decided under section 74 or 87; and

the impact on authorisations to take water in the plan area; and

for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water in the bed sands of the Gilbert River between AMTD 317km and AMTD 263km—the water that is available for taking from the bed sands during periods when water ceases to flow over the bed sands.

Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.