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yield loss or soil degradation.
Note: See section 1.07 for the meaning of soil degradation.

9.07 Objective for recreational water quality
The water quality objective for recreational water quality is to achieve a low risk to human health from water quality threats posed by exposure through ingestion, inhalation or contact during recreational use of Basin water resources.

9.08 Objective to maintain good levels of water quality
If the value of a water quality characteristic (for example, salinity, nutrients, pesticides, pH, turbidity) is at a level that is better than the target value for water quality set out in Part 4, an objective is to maintain that level.

9.09 Salt export objective
(1) This section sets out a further water quality objective (the salt export objective) for the River Murray System.
(2) The salt export objective is to ensure adequate flushing of salt from the River Murray System into the Southern Ocean.
(3) The salt export objective is expected to be achieved by the discharge of an average of 2 million tonnes of salt from the River Murray System into the Southern Ocean each water accounting period.
Note: A discharge of an average of 2 million tonnes of salt each water accounting period has been assessed as being adequate for the purposes of subsection (2). This figure has been calculated on the basis of a long‑term modelled estimate approach that takes into account cyclical climate influences on flows, as well as existing works and measures such as salt interception schemes that avoid substantial quantities of salt entering the River Murray System, and which are complementary to flushing salt from the River Murray System.
(4) The Authority must estimate the discharge of salt from the River Murray System into the Southern Ocean every water accounting period.
(5) The Authority must assess, on an annual basis, achievement of the salt export objective by comparing the estimated number of tonnes of salt exported per year averaged over the preceding 3 years against the indicative figure of 2 million tonnes of salt per year.
(6) The Authority must publish each assessment on its website.

        Part 4—Water quality targets

        Division 1—Preliminary

9.10 Outline of this Part and purpose of targets
This Part sets out the following:
            (a) water quality targets to which particular entities must have regard when performing functions, including in relation to the management of water flows (Division 2);
            (b) water quality targets that inform the development of certain measures required to be included in water resource plans (Division 3);
            (c) salinity targets for the purposes of long‑term salinity planning and management for the Murray‑Darling Basin (Division 4).
Note 1: Schedule B to the Agreement also sets out targets for salinity management in the