Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760:reg:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 14
Character Range: 472515–476556

14                                                                     Murrumbidgee                                             The BDL is the sum of:
                                                                       (SS15)                                                     (a)  the long‑term annual average limit on the quantity of water that can be taken from regulated rivers (excluding take under basic rights) calculated by:
                                                                                                                                      (i)  summing the quantity of water that would have been taken by that form of take for each year of the historical climate conditions under State water management law (as if the applicable water sharing plan was not suspended) as at 30 June 2009 (but excluding held environmental water recovered by the Living Murray Initiative and by Water for Rivers); and
                                                                                                                                      (ii)  dividing that quantity by all of the years of the historical climate conditions; and
                                                                                                                                  (b)  the long‑term annual average take of water, averaged over the period from July 1993 to June 1999, from watercourses other than from regulated rivers (excluding take under basic rights); and
                                                                                                                                  (c)  the long‑term annual average take of water from watercourses under basic rights calculated on the basis of the take under the level of development that existed on 30 June 2009; and
                                                                                                                                  (d)  the long‑term annual average limit on the quantity of water that can be taken by runoff dams (excluding take under basic rights) calculated on the basis of the quantity of water that can be taken under State water management law as at 30 June 2009; and
                                                                                                                                  (e)  the long‑term annual average take of water by runoff dams under basic rights calculated on the basis of the take under the level of development that existed on 30 June 2009; and
                                                                                                                                  (f)  the long‑term annual average net take of water by commercial plantations calculated on the basis of the take under the level of development that existed on 30 June 2009.
                                                                                                                                Note to paragraph (a): The Authority estimates this to be 1958 GL per year. The details of modelling assumptions and system set up used for making this estimate are documented in MDBA Technical Report 2010/20.
                                                                                                                                Note to paragraph (b): The Authority estimates this to be 42 GL per year.
                                                                                                                                Note to paragraph (c): The Authority is yet to estimate this take.
                                                                                                                                Note to paragraphs (d) and (e): The Authority estimates the sum of items (d) and (e) to be 385 GL per year.
                                                                                                                                Note to paragraph (f): The Authority estimates this to be 116 GL per year.
New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling water resource plan area