Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760:reg:2:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 23/32)
Character Range: 286116–288929

of water required to meet critical human water needs (Act paragraph 86B(1)(a))
For each Basin State that is a referring State (other than Queensland) the amount of water required to meet the critical human water needs of the communities in the State that are dependent on the waters of the River Murray System is:
            (a) New South Wales—61 GL per water accounting period;
            (b) Victoria—77 GL per water accounting period;
            (c) South Australia—204 GL per water accounting period.

11.04 Conveyance water required to deliver water for critical human water needs (Act paragraph 86B(1)(b))
The amount of conveyance water required to deliver the water referred to in section 11.03 is 1,596 GL per water accounting period.
Note 1: The amount specified in this section is based on observed losses from the major storages and the River Murray upstream of the South Australian border during years of low water availability. The amount specified in this section also includes the amount specified in clause 88(b) of the Agreement.
Note 2: See subsection 86A(4) of the Act for the meaning of conveyance water.

11.05 Water quality and salinity trigger points (Act paragraph 86B(1)(c))
(1) This section specifies water quality trigger points and salinity trigger points at which water in the River Murray System becomes unsuitable for meeting critical human water needs.
Note: Section 86F of the Act provides for emergency responses when a water quality trigger point or a salinity trigger point specified in this Part is reached.

Salinity trigger points
(2) A salinity trigger point is reached if a member of the Basin Officials Committee advises the Authority that:
            (a) a water supply authority has taken raw water from the River Murray System, at any site at or upstream from Wellington, for the purpose of treatment and supply for human consumption; and
            (b) the level of salinity in that water is 1,400 EC (µS/cm) or greater.

Water quality trigger points
(3) A water quality trigger point is reached if a member of the Basin Officials Committee advises the Authority that:
            (a) a water supply authority has taken raw water from the River Murray System, at any site at or upstream from Wellington, for the purpose of treatment and supply for human consumption; and
            (b) the level of a water quality characteristic of the water makes it impracticable for the water supply authority to treat the water so that it meets the relevant guideline values set out in the ADWG; and
            (c) it is expected that it will continue to be impracticable to treat the water so that it meets the relevant guideline values set out in the ADWG.

        Part 3—Monitoring, assessment and risk management
Note:  For the purposes of paragraph 86C(1)(a) of the