Water Plan (Moreton) 2007

This section applies if, under section 36 of the Act, a chief executive’s notice requires the owner of land in implementation area 2A, 2B, 3 or 4 on which there are existing works for taking water to notify the chief executive of the works and the water use.

After the chief executive receives the notice, the chief executive may, under section 116 of the Act, grant a water licence to the owner to continue to take groundwater using the works.

For groundwater unit 2, the water licence must state an annual volumetric limit for the licence.

In deciding the annual volumetric limit for the water licence for groundwater unit 2, the chief executive must have regard to—

the water taking capacity of the works; and

the annual volume of groundwater estimated by the chief executive to have been taken during the period, of not more than 10 years, immediately before the commencement; and

the efficiency of the use of the water mentioned in paragraph (b); and

data collected by the chief executive about groundwater levels; and

whether the amount of water to be taken under the licence is consistent with the outcomes mentioned in part 3 and the objectives of this plan.