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Note: This section sets environmentally sustainable limits on the quantity of surface water and groundwater that may be taken from an SDL resource unit. However, a water resource plan may provide for less water to be taken: see subsection 10.11(2).

6.05 SDL resource unit shared reduction amount
(1) For column 2 of the table in Schedule 2, the SDL resource unit shared reduction amount for an SDL resource unit in one of the zones mentioned in subsection (2) is the amount, in GL per year, determined in accordance with this section.
Note: Subsection (4) provides a default distribution of shared reduction amounts within zones. Subsections (5)‑(14) deal with requests for different distributions made by the Basin States.
(2) For this section, there are 6 zones:
            (a) the northern Basin Queensland zone, made up of the following SDL resource units:
                (i) Condamine‑Balonne (SS26);
                (ii) Moonie (SS25);
                (iii) Nebine (SS27);
                (iv) Paroo (SS29);
                (v) Queensland Border Rivers (SS24);
                (vi) Warrego (SS28); and
            (b) the northern Basin New South Wales zone, made up of the following SDL resource units:
                (i) Barwon‑Darling Watercourse (SS19);
                (ii) Gwydir (SS22);
                (iii) Intersecting Streams (SS17);
                (iv) Macquarie‑Castlereagh (SS20);
                (v) Namoi (SS21);
                (vi) NSW Border Rivers (SS23); and
            (c) the southern Basin Victoria zone, made up of the following SDL resource units:
                (i) Broken (SS5);
                (ii) Campaspe (SS7);
                (iii) Goulburn (SS6);
                (iv) Kiewa (SS3);
                (v) Loddon (SS8);
                (vi) Ovens (SS4);
                (vii) Victorian Murray (SS2); and
            (d) the southern Basin New South Wales zone, made up of the following SDL resource units:
                (i) Lower Darling (SS18);
                (ii) Murrumbidgee (SS15);
                (iii) New South Wales Murray (SS14); and
            (e) the southern Basin South Australia zone, made up of the following SDL resource units:
                (i) Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (SS13);
                (ii) South Australian Murray (SS11); and
            (f) the southern Basin Australian Capital Territory zone, made up of the Australian Capital Territory (surface water) SDL resource unit (SS1).
(3) For this section, the reduction targets for the zones are as follows:
                (a) northern Basin Queensland zone—17 GL per year;
                (b) northern Basin New South Wales zone—24 GL per year;
                (c) southern Basin Victoria zone—425.3 GL per year;
                (d) southern Basin New South Wales zone—458 GL per year;
                (e) southern Basin South Australia zone—82.8 GL per year;
                (f) southern Basin Australian Capital Territory zone—4.9 GL per year.

Default distribution of shared reduction amounts
(4) Subject to subsections (5) to (14), the SDL resource unit shared reduction amount for SDL resource units in a zone is calculated, as at 31 December 2016, by allocating the reduction target for the zone among the SDL resource units in proportion to the amount, for each SDL resource unit, of its BDL, including any component of water diverted for urban